diff --git a/dune/common/debugallocator.hh b/dune/common/debugallocator.hh
index 62c09a68f15da73efd5bc8f63daf93c52e7617a5..a9ec69acc4c2ed92d262a3289de8690b0855dfc4 100644
--- a/dune/common/debugallocator.hh
+++ b/dune/common/debugallocator.hh
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ namespace Dune
       ::new((void *)p)T(std::forward<_Args>(__args) ...);
     }
 #endif
-    //! destroy an object of type T (i.e. call the Destructor)
+    //! destroy an object of type T (i.e. call the destructor)
     void destroy(pointer p)
     {
       p->~T();
diff --git a/dune/common/mallocallocator.hh b/dune/common/mallocallocator.hh
index d040455214da9d4320585352849d36c9feaf34f5..5d118aeb6e1efee7217a13531b489310fa4f5b18 100644
--- a/dune/common/mallocallocator.hh
+++ b/dune/common/mallocallocator.hh
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace Dune
       ::new((void *)p)T(std::forward<_Args>(__args) ...);
     }
 #endif
-    //! destroy an object of type T (i.e. call the Destructor)
+    //! destroy an object of type T (i.e. call the destructor)
     void destroy(pointer p)
     {
       p->~T();