diff --git a/modules/mol/base/src/editor_base.hh b/modules/mol/base/src/editor_base.hh
index 3547f22fa4ca54dc170910f1d1ddf09ff6f59640..ad87fe149adf3af3e8d9168632be6e7d1192fdae 100644
--- a/modules/mol/base/src/editor_base.hh
+++ b/modules/mol/base/src/editor_base.hh
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ public:
 
   /// \brief renumber residues of one chain
   ///
-  /// \param chain
+  /// \param name
   ///           All residues of this chain will be renumbered according to the
   ///           parameters start and keep_spacing
   ///