diff --git a/dune/common/fvector.hh b/dune/common/fvector.hh
index b765066e892b87726a2b1dcfd6614f05f5b64f7f..46eed321eb10ba976549371eac22c3da5db0c4f7 100644
--- a/dune/common/fvector.hh
+++ b/dune/common/fvector.hh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace Dune {
   /** \brief Read a FieldVector from an input stream
    *  \relates FieldVector
    *
-   *  \note This operator is STL compilant, i.e., the content of v is only
+   *  \note This operator is STL compliant, i.e., the content of v is only
    *        changed if the read operation is successful.
    *
    *  \param[in]  in  std :: istream to read from