diff --git a/eth/fetcher/fetcher.go b/eth/fetcher/fetcher.go
index 039bdba2a0..e225b49965 100644
--- a/eth/fetcher/fetcher.go
+++ b/eth/fetcher/fetcher.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const (
 	maxUncleDist  = 7                      // Maximum allowed backward distance from the chain head
 	maxQueueDist  = 32                     // Maximum allowed distance from the chain head to queue
 	hashLimit     = 256                    // Maximum number of unique blocks a peer may have announced
-	blockLimit    = 64                     // Maximum number of unique blocks a per may have delivered
+	blockLimit    = 64                     // Maximum number of unique blocks a peer may have delivered
 )
 
 var (