diff --git a/core/state/state_object.go b/core/state/state_object.go
index 015a6737818a..26ab67e1adb7 100644
--- a/core/state/state_object.go
+++ b/core/state/state_object.go
@@ -375,22 +375,21 @@ func (s *stateObject) CommitTrie(db Database) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// AddBalance removes amount from c's balance.
+// AddBalance adds amount to s's balance.
 // It is used to add funds to the destination account of a transfer.
 func (s *stateObject) AddBalance(amount *big.Int) {
-	// EIP158: We must check emptiness for the objects such that the account
+	// EIP161: We must check emptiness for the objects such that the account
 	// clearing (0,0,0 objects) can take effect.
 	if amount.Sign() == 0 {
 		if s.empty() {
 			s.touch()
 		}
-
 		return
 	}
 	s.SetBalance(new(big.Int).Add(s.Balance(), amount))
 }
 
-// SubBalance removes amount from c's balance.
+// SubBalance removes amount from s's balance.
 // It is used to remove funds from the origin account of a transfer.
 func (s *stateObject) SubBalance(amount *big.Int) {
 	if amount.Sign() == 0 {
@@ -455,7 +454,7 @@ func (s *stateObject) Code(db Database) []byte {
 }
 
 // CodeSize returns the size of the contract code associated with this object,
-// or zero if none. This methos is an almost mirror of Code, but uses a cache
+// or zero if none. This method is an almost mirror of Code, but uses a cache
 // inside the database to avoid loading codes seen recently.
 func (s *stateObject) CodeSize(db Database) int {
 	if s.code != nil {
diff --git a/core/state/statedb.go b/core/state/statedb.go
index 17dd474314aa..0134a9d443c7 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (n *proofList) Delete(key []byte) error {
 	panic("not supported")
 }
 
-// StateDBs within the ethereum protocol are used to store anything
+// StateDB structs within the ethereum protocol are used to store anything
 // within the merkle trie. StateDBs take care of caching and storing
 // nested states. It's the general query interface to retrieve:
 // * Contracts
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ type StateDB struct {
 	SnapshotCommits      time.Duration
 }
 
-// Create a new state from a given trie.
+// New creates a new state from a given trie.
 func New(root common.Hash, db Database, snaps *snapshot.Tree) (*StateDB, error) {
 	tr, err := db.OpenTrie(root)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func (s *StateDB) Empty(addr common.Address) bool {
 	return so == nil || so.empty()
 }
 
-// Retrieve the balance from the given address or 0 if object not found
+// GetBalance retrieves the balance from the given address or 0 if object not found
 func (s *StateDB) GetBalance(addr common.Address) *big.Int {
 	stateObject := s.getStateObject(addr)
 	if stateObject != nil {
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func (s *StateDB) GetProof(a common.Address) ([][]byte, error) {
 	return [][]byte(proof), err
 }
 
-// GetProof returns the StorageProof for given key
+// GetStorageProof returns the StorageProof for given key
 func (s *StateDB) GetStorageProof(a common.Address, key common.Hash) ([][]byte, error) {
 	var proof proofList
 	trie := s.StorageTrie(a)
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ func (s *StateDB) setStateObject(object *stateObject) {
 	s.stateObjects[object.Address()] = object
 }
 
-// Retrieve a state object or create a new state object if nil.
+// GetOrNewStateObject retrieves a state object or create a new state object if nil.
 func (s *StateDB) GetOrNewStateObject(addr common.Address) *stateObject {
 	stateObject := s.getStateObject(addr)
 	if stateObject == nil {
diff --git a/core/state/statedb_test.go b/core/state/statedb_test.go
index 824a59749883..36ff27133188 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb_test.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb_test.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func TestIntermediateLeaks(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestCopy tests that copying a statedb object indeed makes the original and
+// TestCopy tests that copying a StateDB object indeed makes the original and
 // the copy independent of each other. This test is a regression test against
 // https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/15549.
 func TestCopy(t *testing.T) {
@@ -647,11 +647,11 @@ func TestCopyCopyCommitCopy(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // TestDeleteCreateRevert tests a weird state transition corner case that we hit
-// while changing the internals of statedb. The workflow is that a contract is
-// self destructed, then in a followup transaction (but same block) it's created
+// while changing the internals of StateDB. The workflow is that a contract is
+// self-destructed, then in a follow-up transaction (but same block) it's created
 // again and the transaction reverted.
 //
-// The original statedb implementation flushed dirty objects to the tries after
+// The original StateDB implementation flushed dirty objects to the tries after
 // each transaction, so this works ok. The rework accumulated writes in memory
 // first, but the journal wiped the entire state object on create-revert.
 func TestDeleteCreateRevert(t *testing.T) {
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ func TestDeleteCreateRevert(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestMissingTrieNodes tests that if the statedb fails to load parts of the trie,
+// TestMissingTrieNodes tests that if the StateDB fails to load parts of the trie,
 // the Commit operation fails with an error
 // If we are missing trie nodes, we should not continue writing to the trie
 func TestMissingTrieNodes(t *testing.T) {