diff --git a/include/podio/detail/PreprocessorMacros.h b/include/podio/detail/PreprocessorMacros.h
index 6db53a1d4..3a038a9c2 100644
--- a/include/podio/detail/PreprocessorMacros.h
+++ b/include/podio/detail/PreprocessorMacros.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define PODIO_DETAIL_PREPROCESSORMACROS_H
 
 // Preprocessor helper macros for concatenating tokens at preprocessing times
-// Necessary because we use __COUNTER__ below for unique names of static
+// Necessary because we use __COUNTER__ for unique names of static
 // variables for values returned by registration function calls
 #define PODIO_PP_CONCAT_IMPL(x, y) x##y
 #define PODIO_PP_CONCAT(x, y) PODIO_PP_CONCAT_IMPL(x, y)