diff --git a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
index 0af68c31ab..82d23c92b6 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func calcDifficultyByzantium(time uint64, parent *types.Header) *big.Int {
 	if x.Cmp(bigMinus99) < 0 {
 		x.Set(bigMinus99)
 	}
-	// (parent_diff + parent_diff // 2048 * max(1 - (block_timestamp - parent_timestamp) // 10, -99))
+	// parent_diff + (parent_diff / 2048 * max((2 if len(parent.uncles) else 1) - ((timestamp - parent.timestamp) // 9), -99))
 	y.Div(parent.Difficulty, params.DifficultyBoundDivisor)
 	x.Mul(y, x)
 	x.Add(parent.Difficulty, x)