diff --git a/amdis/gridfunctions/DerivativeGridFunction.hpp b/amdis/gridfunctions/DerivativeGridFunction.hpp
index 0b7ac17b81600f390df618a6e96167c0c1a69209..5690f43f0442a097b2f3806c03893eebb5805a2c 100644
--- a/amdis/gridfunctions/DerivativeGridFunction.hpp
+++ b/amdis/gridfunctions/DerivativeGridFunction.hpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ namespace AMDiS
   /**
    * \ingroup GridFunctions
    * Generates a GridViewfunction representing the gradient of a GridViewFunction.
-   * \note This overload is selcted for GridViewFunctions only. The returned object is a GridViewFunction itself.
+   * \note This overload is selected for GridViewFunctions only. The returned object is a GridViewFunction itself.
    * See \ref DerivativeGridFunction.
    *
    * **Examples:**