diff --git a/Polygon_repair/include/CGAL/Polygon_repair/repair.h b/Polygon_repair/include/CGAL/Polygon_repair/repair.h
index 37957d30223..b9a595032d6 100644
--- a/Polygon_repair/include/CGAL/Polygon_repair/repair.h
+++ b/Polygon_repair/include/CGAL/Polygon_repair/repair.h
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ join(const Multipolygon_with_holes_2<Kernel,Container>& pa)
 }
 
 /// \ingroup PkgPolygonRepairFunctions
-/// computes the union of two polygons
+/// computes the union of two polygonal domains
 /// \tparam Kernel parameter of the output polygons. Must be model of `ConstrainedDelaunayTriangulationTraits_2 `
 /// \tparam Container parameter of the input and output polygons
 /// \tparam PA must be `Polygon_2<Kernel, Container>`, or `Polygon_with_holes_2<Kernel, Container>`, or `Multipolygon_with_holes_2<Kernel, Container>`
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ intersect(const Multipolygon_with_holes_2<Kernel,Container>& p)
 
 
 /// \ingroup PkgPolygonRepairFunctions
-/// Computes the intersection of two polygons
+/// Computes the intersection of two polygonal domains
 /// \tparam Kernel parameter of the output polygon. Must be model of `ConstrainedDelaunayTriangulationTraits_2 `
 /// \tparam Container parameter of the input and output polygons
 /// \tparam PA must be `Polygon_2<Kernel, Container>`, or `Polygon_with_holes_2<Kernel, Container>`, or `Multipolygon_with_holes_2<Kernel, Container>`