diff --git a/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/fluent/SimpleBlockValues.java b/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/fluent/SimpleBlockValues.java
index e2f9ff9bc52..8099e27babd 100644
--- a/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/fluent/SimpleBlockValues.java
+++ b/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/fluent/SimpleBlockValues.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public Bytes getDifficultyBytes() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sets teh difficulty of the block
+   * Sets the difficulty of the block
    *
    * @param difficultyBytes the difficulty
    */