diff --git a/dune/elasticity/common/elasticityhelpers.hh b/dune/elasticity/common/elasticityhelpers.hh
index edd7da5e6bfb46d5cca6bef0c4c4b7fb3a01a5c7..279fdafab14b11b408f98b9d5ba2c9f1bb63872a 100644
--- a/dune/elasticity/common/elasticityhelpers.hh
+++ b/dune/elasticity/common/elasticityhelpers.hh
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ namespace Dune {
          *
          *  \param u The displacement gradient(!) at which the determinant is evaluated
          */
-        void linearizedDefDet(const Dune::FieldMatrix<double,3,3>& u, Dune::FieldMatrix<double,3,3>& linDet) {
+        void linearisedDefDet(const Dune::FieldMatrix<double,3,3>& u, Dune::FieldMatrix<double,3,3>& linDet) {
 
             linDet = 0;
             for (int i=0; i<2; i++)                       
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ namespace Dune {
          *
          *  \param u The displacement gradient(!) at which the determinant is evaluated
          */
-        void linearizedDefDet(const Dune::FieldMatrix<double,2,2>& u, Dune::FieldMatrix<double,2,2>& linDet) {
+        void linearisedDefDet(const Dune::FieldMatrix<double,2,2>& u, Dune::FieldMatrix<double,2,2>& linDet) {
 
             linDet = 0;
             for (int i=0; i<2; i++) {