diff --git a/Point_set_processing_3/include/CGAL/hierarchy_simplify_point_set.h b/Point_set_processing_3/include/CGAL/hierarchy_simplify_point_set.h
index 318f1589465..44c81d93758 100644
--- a/Point_set_processing_3/include/CGAL/hierarchy_simplify_point_set.h
+++ b/Point_set_processing_3/include/CGAL/hierarchy_simplify_point_set.h
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ namespace CGAL {
      \ingroup PkgPointSetProcessing3Algorithms
 
      Recursively split the point set in smaller clusters until the
-     clusters have less than `size` elements or until their variation
+     clusters have less than `size` elements and until their variation
      factor is below `var_max`.
 
      This method modifies the order of input points so as to pack all remaining points first,