diff --git a/api/websocket/messagebuffer/messagebuffer.go b/api/websocket/messagebuffer/messagebuffer.go
index 2bd2e0477..191047ce1 100644
--- a/api/websocket/messagebuffer/messagebuffer.go
+++ b/api/websocket/messagebuffer/messagebuffer.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ type MessageBuffer struct {
 	seqId           int64 // sequence id
 }
 
-// comparation function of red and black tree
+// compare function of red and black tree
 func compare(a, b interface{}) (res int) {
 	aInt := a.(int64)
 	bInt := b.(int64)
diff --git a/consensus/proposal.go b/consensus/proposal.go
index 207712360..5ac4a0aba 100644
--- a/consensus/proposal.go
+++ b/consensus/proposal.go
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) waitAndHandleProposal() (*election.Election, error)
 	}
 }
 
-// startRequestProposal starts the request proposal routine
+// startRequestingProposal starts the request proposal routine
 func (consensus *Consensus) startRequestingProposal() {
 	for {
 		requestProposal := <-consensus.requestProposalChan
diff --git a/consensus/state.go b/consensus/state.go
index 9704b74b9..0b175e30a 100644
--- a/consensus/state.go
+++ b/consensus/state.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (consensus *Consensus) getVotingNeighborsConsensusState() (map[string]*pb.G
 	return states, nil
 }
 
-// getNeighborsMajorConsensusHeight returns the majority of neighbors' nonzero
+// getNeighborsMajorityConsensusState returns the majority of neighbors' nonzero
 // consensus height, ledger height, ledger block hash, or empty value if no
 // majority can be found
 func (consensus *Consensus) getNeighborsMajorityConsensusState() (uint32, uint32, common.Uint256) {