diff --git a/Modules/IGT/IGTExceptionHandling/mitkIGTIOException.h b/Modules/IGT/IGTExceptionHandling/mitkIGTIOException.h
index 5c526c97f9..849ea1bfa6 100644
--- a/Modules/IGT/IGTExceptionHandling/mitkIGTIOException.h
+++ b/Modules/IGT/IGTExceptionHandling/mitkIGTIOException.h
@@ -1,34 +1,34 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, 
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without 
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR 
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #ifndef IGTIOEXCEPTION_H_INCLUDED
 #define IGTIOEXCEPTION_H_INCLUDED
 
 #include "mitkIGTException.h"
 #include "mitkExceptionMacro.h"
 
 namespace mitk {
   /**Documentation
-  * \brief An object of this class represents an exception of the MITK-IGT module which are releated to the hardware (e.g. connection problems, etc.).
+  * \brief An object of this class represents an exception of the MITK-IGT module which are releated to the input/output problems (e.g. reading writing files, etc.).
   *
   * \ingroup IGT
   */  class MitkIGT_EXPORT IGTIOException : public mitk::IGTException
   {
   public:
     mitkExceptionClassMacro(IGTIOException,mitk::IGTException);
   };
 } // namespace mitk
 #endif