diff --git a/ibc-core/ics02-client/context/src/consensus_state.rs b/ibc-core/ics02-client/context/src/consensus_state.rs
index 93c1399c3..53e59ed58 100644
--- a/ibc-core/ics02-client/context/src/consensus_state.rs
+++ b/ibc-core/ics02-client/context/src/consensus_state.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub trait ConsensusState: Send + Sync + ConsensusStateDecoder {
     /// The timestamp of the consensus state
     fn timestamp(&self) -> Timestamp;
 
-    /// Serializes the `ConsensusState`.
+    /// Protobuf encoded bytes of the [`Any`] formatted [`ConsensusState`].
     fn encode_vec(self) -> Vec<u8> {
         self.into().to_vec()
     }