diff --git a/x/payment/types/builder_test.go b/x/payment/types/builder_test.go
index 097fb69f91..a4554843a1 100644
--- a/x/payment/types/builder_test.go
+++ b/x/payment/types/builder_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 )
 
-func TestBuildPayForMessage(t *testing.T) {
+func TestBuildWirePayForMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	testRing := generateKeyring(t)
 
 	info, err := testRing.Key(testAccName)
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ func TestBuildPayForMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	rawTx, err := makeEncodingConfig().TxConfig.TxEncoder()(signedTx)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	_, _, isChild := coretypes.UnwrapMalleatedTx(rawTx)
-	require.False(t, isChild)
+	_, _, isMalleated := coretypes.UnwrapMalleatedTx(rawTx)
+	require.False(t, isMalleated)
 
 	sigs, err := signedTx.GetSignaturesV2()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/x/payment/types/payformessage_test.go b/x/payment/types/payformessage_test.go
index 9c404bc5ac..e071c7bd8e 100644
--- a/x/payment/types/payformessage_test.go
+++ b/x/payment/types/payformessage_test.go
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ func TestPadMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestSignShareCommitments(t *testing.T) {
+// TestSignMalleatedTxs checks to see that the signatures that are generated for
+// the PayForMessages malleated from the original WirePayForMessage are actually
+// valid.
+func TestSignMalleatedTxs(t *testing.T) {
 	type test struct {
 		name    string
 		ns, msg []byte
@@ -156,14 +159,14 @@ func TestSignShareCommitments(t *testing.T) {
 			name:    "single share",
 			ns:      []byte{1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1},
 			msg:     bytes.Repeat([]byte{1}, ShareSize-8),
-			ss:      []uint64{2, 4, 8, 16, 64},
+			ss:      []uint64{2, 4, 8, 16},
 			options: []TxBuilderOption{SetGasLimit(2000000)},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "15 shares",
 			ns:   []byte{1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2},
 			msg:  bytes.Repeat([]byte{2}, ShareSize*12),
-			ss:   []uint64{4, 8, 16, 64, 128},
+			ss:   []uint64{4, 8, 16, 64},
 			options: []TxBuilderOption{
 				SetGasLimit(123456789),
 				SetFeeAmount(sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("tio", sdk.NewInt(987654321))))},
@@ -179,10 +182,13 @@ func TestSignShareCommitments(t *testing.T) {
 		// the signature should exist
 		assert.Equal(t, len(wpfm.MessageShareCommitment[0].Signature), 64)
 
-		// verify the signature
-		for _, size := range tt.ss {
+		// verify the signature for the PayForMessages derived from the
+		// WirePayForMessage
+		for i, size := range tt.ss {
 			unsignedPFM, err := wpfm.unsignedPayForMessage(size)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			// create a new tx builder to create an unsigned PayForMessage
 			builder := applyOptions(signer.NewTxBuilder(), tt.options...)
 			tx, err := signer.BuildSignedTx(builder, unsignedPFM)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -199,10 +205,14 @@ func TestSignShareCommitments(t *testing.T) {
 			)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
-			// verify the signature using the public key
+			// compare the commitments generated by the WirePayForMessage with
+			// that of independently generated PayForMessage
+			assert.Equal(t, unsignedPFM.MessageShareCommitment, wpfm.MessageShareCommitment[i].ShareCommitment)
+
+			// verify the signature
 			assert.True(t, signer.GetSignerInfo().GetPubKey().VerifySignature(
 				bytesToSign,
-				wpfm.MessageShareCommitment[0].Signature,
+				wpfm.MessageShareCommitment[i].Signature,
 			),
 				fmt.Sprintf("test: %s size: %d", tt.name, size),
 			)