diff --git a/params/config.go b/params/config.go
index 70a1edead4..629720550a 100644
--- a/params/config.go
+++ b/params/config.go
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ func (err *ConfigCompatError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("mismatching %s in database (have %d, want %d, rewindto %d)", err.What, err.StoredConfig, err.NewConfig, err.RewindTo)
 }
 
-// Rules wraps ChainConfig and is merely syntatic sugar or can be used for functions
+// Rules wraps ChainConfig and is merely syntactic sugar or can be used for functions
 // that do not have or require information about the block.
 //
 // Rules is a one time interface meaning that it shouldn't be used in between transition