diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/ECKey.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/ECKey.java
index fbd5fd09..44e4d96b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/ECKey.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/ECKey.java
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ public class ECKey implements Serializable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * <p>xVerifies the given ECDSA signature against the message bytes using the public key bytes.</p>
+     * <p>Verifies the given ECDSA signature against the message bytes using the public key bytes.</p>
      * 
      * <p>When using native ECDSA verification, data must be 32 bytes, and no element may be
      * larger than 520 bytes.</p>