diff --git a/message/message.go b/message/message.go
index db4696263..78af3854c 100644
--- a/message/message.go
+++ b/message/message.go
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ Node will process the content of the p2p message
 
 ----  content start -----
 1 byte            - message category
-                    0x00: consensus
-                    0x01: normal...
-1 byte            - action type
-                    - consensus node
+                    0x00: COMMITTEE
+                    0x01: NODE...
+1 byte            - message type
+                    - for COMMITTEE category
                       0x00: consensus
-				    - normal node
-                      0x00: transaction
+                      0x01: sharding ...
+				    - for NODE category
+                      0x00: transaction ...
 n - 2 bytes       - actual message payload
 ----   content end  -----
 
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index d3d96cc28..ff7d60c8c 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (node *Node) NodeHandler(conn net.Conn) {
 	defer conn.Close()
 
 	// Read p2p message payload
-	payload, err := p2p.ReadMessageContent(conn)
+	content, err := p2p.ReadMessageContent(conn)
 
 	consensus := node.consensus
 	if err != nil {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (node *Node) NodeHandler(conn net.Conn) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	msgCategory, err := message.GetMessageCategory(payload)
+	msgCategory, err := message.GetMessageCategory(content)
 	if err != nil {
 		if consensus.IsLeader {
 			log.Printf("[Leader] Read node type failed:%s", err)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (node *Node) NodeHandler(conn net.Conn) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	msgType, err := message.GetMessageType(payload)
+	msgType, err := message.GetMessageType(content)
 	if err != nil {
 		if consensus.IsLeader {
 			log.Printf("[Leader] Read action type failed:%s", err)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (node *Node) NodeHandler(conn net.Conn) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	msgPayload, err := message.GetMessagePayload(payload)
+	msgPayload, err := message.GetMessagePayload(content)
 	if err != nil {
 		if consensus.IsLeader {
 			log.Printf("[Leader] Read message payload failed:%s", err)