diff --git a/modules/core/02-client/keeper/keeper.go b/modules/core/02-client/keeper/keeper.go
index 85d656a8e14..76c7e3cccfa 100644
--- a/modules/core/02-client/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/modules/core/02-client/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ func (k *Keeper) VerifyMembershipProof(ctx sdk.Context, clientID string, height
 	return clientModule.VerifyMembership(ctx, clientID, height, delayTimePeriod, delayBlockPeriod, proof, path, value)
 }
 
-// VerifyMembershipp retrieves the light client module for the clientID and verifies the absence of a given key at a specified height.
+// VerifyNonMembership retrieves the light client module for the clientID and verifies the absence of a given key at a specified height.
 func (k *Keeper) VerifyNonMembership(ctx sdk.Context, clientID string, height exported.Height, delayTimePeriod uint64, delayBlockPeriod uint64, proof []byte, path exported.Path) error {
 	clientModule, err := k.getLightClientModule(ctx, clientID)
 	if err != nil {