diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/OBJReader.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/OBJReader.cc
index 2c7036c7..6f00e225 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/OBJReader.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/OBJReader.cc
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ read(std::istream& _in, BaseImporter& _bi, Options& _opt)
   _in.clear();
   _in.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
 
-  // pass 2: read vertices
+  // pass 2: read faces
   while( _in && !_in.eof() )
   {
     std::getline(_in,line);