diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 7f1238f7953..d0cb81b1f19 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -1100,9 +1100,9 @@ static MempoolAcceptResult AcceptToMemoryPoolWithTime(const CChainParams& chainp
     assert(std::addressof(::ChainstateActive()) == std::addressof(active_chainstate));
     const MempoolAcceptResult result = MemPoolAccept(pool, active_chainstate).AcceptSingleTransaction(tx, args);
     if (result.m_result_type != MempoolAcceptResult::ResultType::VALID) {
-        // Remove coins that were not present in the coins cache before calling ATMPW;
-        // this is to prevent memory DoS in case we receive a large number of
-        // invalid transactions that attempt to overrun the in-memory coins cache
+        // Remove coins that were not present in the coins cache before calling
+        // AcceptSingleTransaction(); this is to prevent memory DoS in case we receive a large
+        // number of invalid transactions that attempt to overrun the in-memory coins cache
         // (`CCoinsViewCache::cacheCoins`).
 
         for (const COutPoint& hashTx : coins_to_uncache)