diff --git a/framework/include/postprocessors/FindValueOnLine.h b/framework/include/postprocessors/FindValueOnLine.h
index 19fcb0e880ac..19919f4d4476 100644
--- a/framework/include/postprocessors/FindValueOnLine.h
+++ b/framework/include/postprocessors/FindValueOnLine.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class FindValueOnLine : public GeneralPostprocessor, public Coupleable
   /// The Mesh we're using
   MooseMesh & _mesh;
 
-  /// So we don't have to create and destroy teh dummy vector
+  /// So we don't have to create and destroy the dummy vector
   std::vector<Point> _point_vec;
 
   /// helper object to locate elements containing points
diff --git a/framework/src/postprocessors/FindValueOnLine.C b/framework/src/postprocessors/FindValueOnLine.C
index 11c1d07ad7e7..159654d3c91a 100644
--- a/framework/src/postprocessors/FindValueOnLine.C
+++ b/framework/src/postprocessors/FindValueOnLine.C
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "FindValueOnLine.h"
 #include "MooseMesh.h"
+#include "MooseUtils.h"
 
 template<>
 InputParameters validParams<FindValueOnLine>()
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ InputParameters validParams<FindValueOnLine>()
   params.addParam<Point>("end_point", "End point of the sampling line.");
   params.addParam<Real>("target", "Target value to locate.");
   params.addParam<unsigned int>("depth", 30, "Maximum number of bisections to perform.");
-  params.addParam<Real>("tol", 1e-10, "Stop search if a value within a symmetric interval of this with around the target is found.");
+  params.addParam<Real>("tol", 1e-10, "Stop search if a value is found that is equal to the target with this tolerance applied.");
   params.addCoupledVar("v", "Variable to inspect");
   return params;
 }
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ FindValueOnLine::execute()
     Real value = getValueAtPoint(p);
 
     // have we hit the target value yet?
-    if (value > _target - _tol && value < _target + _tol)
+    if (MooseUtils::absoluteFuzzyEqual(value, _target, _tol))
       break;
 
     // bisect