diff --git a/core/state/snapshot/generate.go b/core/state/snapshot/generate.go
index 4a2fa78d3ac2..17f1ca607824 100644
--- a/core/state/snapshot/generate.go
+++ b/core/state/snapshot/generate.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func journalProgress(db ethdb.KeyValueWriter, marker []byte, stats *generatorSta
 
 // generate is a background thread that iterates over the state and storage tries,
 // constructing the state snapshot. All the arguments are purely for statistics
-// gethering and logging, since the method surfs the blocks as they arrive, often
+// gathering and logging, since the method surfs the blocks as they arrive, often
 // being restarted.
 func (dl *diskLayer) generate(stats *generatorStats) {
 	// If a database wipe is in operation, wait until it's done