diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/com/hedera/hashgraph/sdk/PublicKey.java b/sdk/src/main/java/com/hedera/hashgraph/sdk/PublicKey.java
index e384c59aa..843a7e582 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/com/hedera/hashgraph/sdk/PublicKey.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/com/hedera/hashgraph/sdk/PublicKey.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public static PublicKey fromBytes(byte[] publicKey) {
             );
         }
 
-        // Assume a DER-encoded public key descriptor
+        // Assume a DER-encoded private key descriptor
         return fromBytesDER(publicKey);
     }