diff --git a/Polyhedron/doc_tex/Polyhedron_ref/Polyhedron_incremental_builder_3.tex b/Polyhedron/doc_tex/Polyhedron_ref/Polyhedron_incremental_builder_3.tex
index 0bc75d5cbad..520a3095ae0 100644
--- a/Polyhedron/doc_tex/Polyhedron_ref/Polyhedron_incremental_builder_3.tex
+++ b/Polyhedron/doc_tex/Polyhedron_ref/Polyhedron_incremental_builder_3.tex
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ section:
 
 \ccMethod{template <class InputIterator>
     Halfedge_handle add_facet( InputIterator first, InputIterator beyond);}{
-    is a synonym for \ccc{begin_facet()}, a call to \ccc{add_facet()} for each
+    is a synonym for \ccc{begin_facet()}, a call to \ccc{add_vertex_to_facet()} for each
     value in the range \ccc{[first,beyond)}, and a call to \ccc{end_facet()}.
     Returns the return value of \ccc{end_facet()}.
     \ccPrecond The value type of \ccc{InputIterator} is \ccc{std::size_t}.
diff --git a/Polyhedron/include/CGAL/Polyhedron_incremental_builder_3.h b/Polyhedron/include/CGAL/Polyhedron_incremental_builder_3.h
index 85f70ecfaf9..4a9725ff43b 100644
--- a/Polyhedron/include/CGAL/Polyhedron_incremental_builder_3.h
+++ b/Polyhedron/include/CGAL/Polyhedron_incremental_builder_3.h
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ public:
 
     template <class InputIterator>
     Halfedge_handle add_facet( InputIterator first, InputIterator beyond) {
-        // synonym for begin_facet(), a call to add_facet() for each iterator
+        // synonym for begin_facet(), a call to add_vertex_to_facet() for each iterator
         // value type, and end_facet().
         begin_facet();
         for ( ; ! m_error && first != beyond; ++first)