diff --git a/packages/web3-eth-abi/src/index.js b/packages/web3-eth-abi/src/index.js
index f208030acb7..382b461d2d4 100644
--- a/packages/web3-eth-abi/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/web3-eth-abi/src/index.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ ABICoder.prototype.encodeParameters = function (types, params) {
             return param.toString(10);
         }
 
-        // Handle some formatting of params as to not break previous compatability
+        // Handle some formatting of params for backwards compatability with Ethers V4
         const formatParam = (type, param) => {
             if (type.match(paramTypeBytesArray) || type.match(paramTypeNumberArray)) {
                 return param.map(p => formatParam(type.replace('[]', ''), p))