diff --git a/pkg/roachpb/data.pb.go b/pkg/roachpb/data.pb.go
index ce3a4d203eb6..edd994745fa0 100644
--- a/pkg/roachpb/data.pb.go
+++ b/pkg/roachpb/data.pb.go
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ type Transaction struct {
 	// future of 5), and restarts.
 	// Using instead its candidate commit timestamp, it wouldn't see a conflict
 	// and commit, but this is not the expected outcome (the expected outcome is
-	// {key1: 6} (since txn2 is not expected to commit)) and we would be
+	// {key1: 6} (since txn1 is not expected to commit)) and we would be
 	// experiencing the Lost Update Anomaly.
 	//
 	// Note that in practice, before restarting, txn1 would still lay down an
diff --git a/pkg/roachpb/data.proto b/pkg/roachpb/data.proto
index 5cb31c256947..d4be6d05e6f3 100644
--- a/pkg/roachpb/data.proto
+++ b/pkg/roachpb/data.proto
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ message Transaction {
   // future of 5), and restarts.
   // Using instead its candidate commit timestamp, it wouldn't see a conflict
   // and commit, but this is not the expected outcome (the expected outcome is
-  // {key1: 6} (since txn2 is not expected to commit)) and we would be
+  // {key1: 6} (since txn1 is not expected to commit)) and we would be
   // experiencing the Lost Update Anomaly.
   //
   // Note that in practice, before restarting, txn1 would still lay down an