diff --git a/dune/common/exceptions.hh b/dune/common/exceptions.hh
index f21adf513f9bc2f35cec512544e9fe6bf3865752..23dbf691f20f7efecd81426f1b698635761b8dfc 100644
--- a/dune/common/exceptions.hh
+++ b/dune/common/exceptions.hh
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace Dune {
 
      \code
      if (filehandle == 0)
-      DUNE_THROW(FileError, "Could not open " << filename << " for reading!")
+      DUNE_THROW(FileError, "Could not open " << filename << " for reading!");
      \endcode
 
      DUNE_THROW automatically adds information about the exception thrown