diff --git a/eth/protocols/snap/sync.go b/eth/protocols/snap/sync.go
index cf4e494645..5ebdd9708b 100644
--- a/eth/protocols/snap/sync.go
+++ b/eth/protocols/snap/sync.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const (
 	minTrienodeHealThrottle = 1
 
 	// maxTrienodeHealThrottle is the maximum divisor for throttling trie node
-	// heal requests to avoid overloading the local node and exessively expanding
+	// heal requests to avoid overloading the local node and excessively expanding
 	// the state trie bedth wise.
 	maxTrienodeHealThrottle = maxTrieRequestCount