diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/OMReader.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/OMReader.cc
index 2db0dc93..00af3f73 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/OMReader.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/reader/OMReader.cc
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ bool _OMReader_::read_binary_face_chunk(std::istream &_is, BaseImporter &_bi, Op
       }
       else
       {
-        // add faces by simple setting an incident face
+        // add faces by simply setting an incident halfedge
         for (; fidx < header_.n_faces_; ++fidx)
         {
           int halfedge_id;