diff --git a/consensus/state.go b/consensus/state.go
index b4da69286..f6f1d13d0 100644
--- a/consensus/state.go
+++ b/consensus/state.go
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ func (cs *State) handleMsg(mi msgInfo) {
 		// We unlock here to yield to any routines that need to read the the RoundState.
 		// Previously, this code held the lock from the point at which the final block
 		// part was recieved until the block executed against the application.
-		// This prevented the reactor form being able to retrieve the most updated
+		// This prevented the reactor from being able to retrieve the most updated
 		// version of the RoundState. The reactor needs the updated RoundState to
 		// gossip the now completed block.
 		//