diff --git a/packages/util/examples/verkle.ts b/packages/util/examples/verkle.ts
index 9fdfebab2b..da74e8b7fe 100644
--- a/packages/util/examples/verkle.ts
+++ b/packages/util/examples/verkle.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 
 const state = {
   '0xdf67dea9181141d6255ac05c7ada5a590fb30a375023f16c31223f067319e300':
-    '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
+    '0x0100000001000000000000000000000001000000000000000000000000000000',
   '0xdf67dea9181141d6255ac05c7ada5a590fb30a375023f16c31223f067319e301':
     '0x923672e5275a0104000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
   '0xdf67dea9181141d6255ac05c7ada5a590fb30a375023f16c31223f067319e302':
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ const basicDataKey = getVerkleKey(stem, VerkleLeafType.BasicData)
 const basicDataRaw = state[bytesToHex(basicDataKey)]
 const basicData = decodeVerkleLeafBasicData(hexToBytes(basicDataRaw!))
 
-console.log(basicData) // { version: 0, nonce: 0n, codeSize: 0, balance: 0n }
+console.log(basicData) // { version: 1, nonce: 1n, codeSize: 0, balance: 1n }
diff --git a/packages/util/src/verkle.ts b/packages/util/src/verkle.ts
index 5287f01841..b338aa1c70 100644
--- a/packages/util/src/verkle.ts
+++ b/packages/util/src/verkle.ts
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export const getVerkleKey = (stem: Uint8Array, leaf: VerkleLeafType | Uint8Array
  * Calculates the position of the storage key in the Verkle tree, determining
  * both the tree index (the node in the tree) and the subindex (the position within the node).
  * @param {bigint} storageKey - The key representing a specific storage slot.
- * @returns {Object} - An object containing:
+ * @returns {Object} - An object containing the tree index and subindex
  */
 export function getVerkleTreeIndicesForStorageSlot(storageKey: bigint): {
   treeIndex: bigint
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export function getVerkleTreeIndicesForStorageSlot(storageKey: bigint): {
  * Calculates the position of the code chunks in the Verkle tree, determining
  * both the tree index (the node in the tree) and the subindex (the position within the node).
  * @param {bigint} chunkId - The ID representing a specific chunk.
- * @returns {Object} - An object containing:
+ * @returns {Object} - An object containing the tree index and subindex
  */
 export function getVerkleTreeIndicesForCodeChunk(chunkId: number) {
   const treeIndex = Math.floor((VERKLE_CODE_OFFSET + chunkId) / VERKLE_NODE_WIDTH)
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export const getVerkleTreeKeyForStorageSlot = async (
  * from the `encodedBasicData` array based on predefined offsets and lengths, and then converted
  * to its appropriate type (integer or BigInt).
  * @param {Uint8Array} encodedBasicData - The encoded Verkle leaf basic data containing the version, nonce,
- * code size, and balance in a compact binary format.
+ * code size, and balance in a compact Uint8Array format.
  * @returns {VerkleLeafBasicData} - An object containing the decoded version, nonce, code size, and balance.
  */
 export function decodeVerkleLeafBasicData(encodedBasicData: Uint8Array): VerkleLeafBasicData {
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ export function decodeVerkleLeafBasicData(encodedBasicData: Uint8Array): VerkleL
  * in EIP-6800.
  * @param {VerkleLeafBasicData} basicData - An object containing the version, nonce,
  *   code size, and balance to be encoded.
- * @returns {Uint8Array} - A compact, binary-encoded representation of the account header basic data.
+ * @returns {Uint8Array} - A compact bytes representation of the account header basic data.
  */
 export function encodeVerkleLeafBasicData(basicData: VerkleLeafBasicData): Uint8Array {
   const encodedVersion = setLengthLeft(int32ToBytes(basicData.version), VERKLE_VERSION_BYTES_LENGTH)