diff --git a/modules/light-clients/06-solomachine/update.go b/modules/light-clients/06-solomachine/update.go
index 813a6a9ebda..53e4ef26ea2 100644
--- a/modules/light-clients/06-solomachine/update.go
+++ b/modules/light-clients/06-solomachine/update.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (cs ClientState) verifyHeader(cdc codec.BinaryCodec, header *Header) error
 
 // UpdateState updates the consensus state to the new public key and an incremented sequence.
 // A list containing the updated consensus height is returned.
-// If the provided clientMsg is not of type of Header then the handler will noop and an empty slice is returned.
+// If the provided clientMsg is not of type Header, the handler will no-op and return an empty slice.
 func (cs ClientState) UpdateState(ctx sdk.Context, cdc codec.BinaryCodec, clientStore storetypes.KVStore, clientMsg exported.ClientMessage) []exported.Height {
 	smHeader, ok := clientMsg.(*Header)
 	if !ok {