diff --git a/lib/privatekey.js b/lib/privatekey.js
index 15e0eaacf..ac4999636 100644
--- a/lib/privatekey.js
+++ b/lib/privatekey.js
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ PrivateKey.isValid = function(data, network){
 };
 
 /**
- * Will output the PublicKey encoded as hex string
+ * Will output the PrivateKey encoded as hex string
  *
  * @returns {String}
  */