diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/core/Address.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/core/Address.java
index 83b2d20aaf2..092c02b6c1e 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/core/Address.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/core/Address.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ protected Address(final Bytes bytes) {
   public static Address wrap(final Bytes value) {
     checkArgument(
         value.size() == SIZE,
-        "An account address must be be %s bytes long, got %s",
+        "An account address must be %s bytes long, got %s",
         SIZE,
         value.size());
     return new Address(value);
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/vm/AddressTest.java b/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/vm/AddressTest.java
index af8dc4d2bf0..df3d86f2869 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/vm/AddressTest.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/vm/AddressTest.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public void accountAddressEquals() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void accountAddresHashCode() {
+  public void accountAddressHashCode() {
     final Address addr =
         Address.wrap(Bytes.fromHexString("0x0000000000000000000000000000000000101010"));
     final Address addr2 =