diff --git a/accounts/abi/type.go b/accounts/abi/type.go
index d50903e4c1..2dbd24c85a 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/type.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/type.go
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func (t Type) pack(v reflect.Value) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 }
 
-// requireLengthPrefix returns whether the type requires any sort of length
+// requiresLengthPrefix returns whether the type requires any sort of length
 // prefixing.
 func (t Type) requiresLengthPrefix() bool {
 	return t.T == StringTy || t.T == BytesTy || t.T == SliceTy