diff --git a/codec/types/interface_registry.go b/codec/types/interface_registry.go
index 9ba10cfdb..8bdb8168f 100644
--- a/codec/types/interface_registry.go
+++ b/codec/types/interface_registry.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type InterfaceRegistry interface {
 	// as implementations of iface.
 	//
 	// Ex:
-	//   registry.RegisterInterface("cosmos.v1beta1.Msg", (*sdk.Msg)(nil))
+	//   registry.RegisterInterface("cosmos.base.v1beta1.Msg", (*sdk.Msg)(nil))
 	RegisterInterface(protoName string, iface interface{}, impls ...proto.Message)
 
 	// RegisterImplementations registers impls as concrete implementations of
diff --git a/types/codec.go b/types/codec.go
index 2735c2f02..5d1bf40e4 100644
--- a/types/codec.go
+++ b/types/codec.go
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ func RegisterLegacyAminoCodec(cdc *codec.LegacyAmino) {
 
 // RegisterInterfaces registers the sdk message type.
 func RegisterInterfaces(registry types.InterfaceRegistry) {
-	registry.RegisterInterface("cosmos.v1beta1.Msg", (*Msg)(nil))
+	registry.RegisterInterface("cosmos.base.v1beta1.Msg", (*Msg)(nil))
 }