diff --git a/DDCore/include/DD4hep/Detector.h b/DDCore/include/DD4hep/Detector.h
index 1c51f5f8aad81a4fcfa20e7da417013b76fe46db..e2cf3ca49065417bdc22a8b16cf72f27f6139e4d 100644
--- a/DDCore/include/DD4hep/Detector.h
+++ b/DDCore/include/DD4hep/Detector.h
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ namespace DD4hep {
       /// Remove callback from object
       void removeAtUpdate(unsigned int type, void* pointer) const;
 
-      /// Set the detector identifier
+      /// Get the detector identifier
       int id() const;
       /// Setter: Combine hits attribute
       DetElement& setCombineHits(bool value, SensitiveDetector& sens);