diff --git a/SMDS_3/include/CGAL/Mesh_complex_3_in_triangulation_3.h b/SMDS_3/include/CGAL/Mesh_complex_3_in_triangulation_3.h
index 68cbeb44795..d92321385a7 100644
--- a/SMDS_3/include/CGAL/Mesh_complex_3_in_triangulation_3.h
+++ b/SMDS_3/include/CGAL/Mesh_complex_3_in_triangulation_3.h
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ public:
     but are isolated from the complex at the end of the meshing process.
 
     This function removes these so-called \em isolated vertices, that belong to the
-    triangulation but not to any cell of the `C3T3`, from the triangulation.
+    triangulation but not to any simplex of the `C3T3`, from the triangulation.
   */
   void remove_isolated_vertices()
   {