diff --git a/access/validator.go b/access/validator.go
index 392e4494939..a39228f5677 100644
--- a/access/validator.go
+++ b/access/validator.go
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ func NewTransactionValidatorWithLimiter(
 }
 
 func (v *TransactionValidator) Validate(tx *flow.TransactionBody) (err error) {
+	// rate limit transactions for specific payers.
+	// a short term solution to prevent attracks that send too many failed transactions
+	// if a transaction is from a payer that should be rate limited, all the following
+	// checks will be skipped
 	err = v.checkRateLimitPayer(tx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/engine/collection/ingest/rate_limiter_test.go b/engine/collection/ingest/rate_limiter_test.go
index d2d0b6adcb5..fd578260358 100644
--- a/engine/collection/ingest/rate_limiter_test.go
+++ b/engine/collection/ingest/rate_limiter_test.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestLimiterAddRemoveAddress(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, l.IsRateLimited(limited2))
 }
 
-func TestLImiterBurst(t *testing.T) {
+func TestLimiterBurst(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	limited1 := unittest.RandomAddressFixture()