diff --git a/dune/common/dynmatrixev.hh b/dune/common/dynmatrixev.hh
index f8f112fb9cbb1f169da6b0ec188d7c61b7ad1b32..60026a7f3f460a9dab215045a8d6a053b7990e71 100644
--- a/dune/common/dynmatrixev.hh
+++ b/dune/common/dynmatrixev.hh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Dune {
 
     /** \brief calculates the eigenvalues of a symetric field matrix
         \param[in]  matrix matrix eigenvalues are calculated for
-        \param[out] eigenvalues FieldVector that contains eigenvalues in
+        \param[out] eigenValues FieldVector that contains eigenvalues in
                     ascending order
 
         \note LAPACK::dgeev is used to calculate the eigen values
diff --git a/dune/common/fmatrixev.hh b/dune/common/fmatrixev.hh
index 028788afdfd6fb36bd32890937974f245ed93d0b..6ea9cf1a10ed68cac909ae2fe0a9b4dd78ae0aa9 100644
--- a/dune/common/fmatrixev.hh
+++ b/dune/common/fmatrixev.hh
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace Dune {
     }
     /** \brief calculates the eigenvalues of a symetric field matrix
         \param[in]  matrix matrix eigenvalues are calculated for
-        \param[out] eigenvalues FieldVector that contains eigenvalues in
+        \param[out] eigenValues FieldVector that contains eigenvalues in
                     ascending order
 
         \note LAPACK::dgeev is used to calculate the eigen values