diff --git a/accounts/abi/type_test.go b/accounts/abi/type_test.go
index ae69872ad8..95922548c4 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/type_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/type_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 )
 
-// typeWithoutStringer is a alias for the Type type which simply doesn't implement
+// typeWithoutStringer is an alias for the Type type which simply doesn't implement
 // the stringer interface to allow printing type details in the tests below.
 type typeWithoutStringer Type