diff --git a/lib/api/requests/status.cpp b/lib/api/requests/status.cpp
index 5454d8beb..c161b9020 100644
--- a/lib/api/requests/status.cpp
+++ b/lib/api/requests/status.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/** The "stats" API request.
+/** The "status" API request.
  *
  * @author Steffen Vogel <stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
  * @copyright 2014-2020, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC