diff --git a/trie/hasher.go b/trie/hasher.go
index 7f0748c13df30..e9f45f8341a7f 100644
--- a/trie/hasher.go
+++ b/trie/hasher.go
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ func (h *hasher) fullnodeToHash(n *fullNode, force bool) node {
 //
 // All node encoding must be done like this:
 //
-//     node.encode(h.encbuf)
-//     enc := h.encodedBytes()
+//	node.encode(h.encbuf)
+//	enc := h.encodedBytes()
 //
 // This convention exists because node.encode can only be inlined/escape-analyzed when
 // called on a concrete receiver type.