diff --git a/specs/core/0_beacon-chain.md b/specs/core/0_beacon-chain.md
index b2dbc426e..60dec8e60 100644
--- a/specs/core/0_beacon-chain.md
+++ b/specs/core/0_beacon-chain.md
@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ Also perform the following updates:
 If a validator registry update does _not_ happen do the following:
 
 * Set `state.shard_committees_at_slots[:EPOCH_LENGTH] = state.shard_committees_at_slots[EPOCH_LENGTH:]`.
-* Let `epochs_since_finality = (state.slot - state.validator_registry_latest_change_slot) // EPOCH_LENGTH`.
+* Let `epochs_since_lastest_registry_change = (state.slot - state.validator_registry_latest_change_slot) // EPOCH_LENGTH`.
 * Let `start_shard = state.shard_committees_at_slots[0][0].shard`.
 * If `epochs_since_finality` is an exact power of 2, set `state.shard_committees_at_slots[EPOCH_LENGTH:] = get_new_shuffling(state.latest_randao_mixes[(state.slot - EPOCH_LENGTH) % LATEST_RANDAO_MIXES_LENGTH], state.validator_registry, start_shard)`. Note that `start_shard` is not changed from the last epoch.