diff --git a/core/vm/privacy/ringct.go b/core/vm/privacy/ringct.go
index 8d9113d021a4..8a088b2d995d 100644
--- a/core/vm/privacy/ringct.go
+++ b/core/vm/privacy/ringct.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func SerializeCompressed(p *ecdsa.PublicKey) []byte {
 
 func DeserializeCompressed(curve elliptic.Curve, b []byte) *ecdsa.PublicKey {
 	if len(b) != 33 {
-		log.Debug("DeserializeCompresed input []byte is not len 33", "len(b)", len(b))
+		log.Debug("DeserializeCompresed the input compressed public key is not len 33", "len(b)", len(b))
 		return nil
 	}
 	x := new(big.Int).SetBytes(b[1:33])