diff --git a/x/ccv/consumer/keeper/throttle_retry.go b/x/ccv/consumer/keeper/throttle_retry.go
index 861583f633..7f2e3cdca7 100644
--- a/x/ccv/consumer/keeper/throttle_retry.go
+++ b/x/ccv/consumer/keeper/throttle_retry.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 //
-// Throttling with retries follows a FSM design:
+// Throttling with retries follows a finite-state machine design:
 //
 // 1. "No slash": If no slash record exists, the consumer is permitted to send packets from the pending packets queue.
 // The consumer starts in this state from genesis.