diff --git a/pub/src/coord.cpp b/pub/src/coord.cpp
index bcbf8161260c1993ceba7ae143095e5cb9046060..ee666ff751dc358f2de0aa37d3dedcc25fde975f 100644
--- a/pub/src/coord.cpp
+++ b/pub/src/coord.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ using namespace std;
 //  class CCoord                                                            //
 //**************************************************************************//
 
-//! Constructor parsing "<name> (<unit>)", where <unit> may be empty.
+//! Constructor parsing "name (unit)", where unit may be empty.
 
 CCoord::CCoord( const string in )
 {