diff --git a/src/meshTools/regionSplit2D/regionSplit2D.H b/src/meshTools/regionSplit2D/regionSplit2D.H
index b6ef225ffc..651e428923 100644
--- a/src/meshTools/regionSplit2D/regionSplit2D.H
+++ b/src/meshTools/regionSplit2D/regionSplit2D.H
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public:
 
     // Member Functions
 
-        //- Return the number of regions
+        //- Return the global number of regions
         label nRegions() const
         {
             return nRegions_;