diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/api/impl/validator/index.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/api/impl/validator/index.ts
index d988af66a691..99dd03763ab4 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/api/impl/validator/index.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/api/impl/validator/index.ts
@@ -67,9 +67,10 @@ export function getValidatorApi({
   /**
    * Validator clock may be advanced from beacon's clock. If the validator requests a resource in a
    * future slot, wait some time instead of rejecting the request because it's in the future.
+   * This value is the same to MAXIMUM_GOSSIP_CLOCK_DISPARITY_SEC.
    * For very fast networks, reduce clock disparity to half a slot.
    */
-  const MAX_API_CLOCK_DISPARITY_SEC = Math.min(1, config.SECONDS_PER_SLOT / 2);
+  const MAX_API_CLOCK_DISPARITY_SEC = Math.min(0.5, config.SECONDS_PER_SLOT / 2);
   const MAX_API_CLOCK_DISPARITY_MS = MAX_API_CLOCK_DISPARITY_SEC * 1000;
 
   /** Compute and cache the genesis block root */
diff --git a/packages/validator/src/services/blockDuties.ts b/packages/validator/src/services/blockDuties.ts
index a1a364712fdf..a6bf0de3088f 100644
--- a/packages/validator/src/services/blockDuties.ts
+++ b/packages/validator/src/services/blockDuties.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export class BlockDutiesService {
     const nextEpoch = computeEpochAtSlot(currentSlot) + 1;
     const isLastSlotEpoch = computeStartSlotAtEpoch(nextEpoch) === currentSlot + 1;
     if (isLastSlotEpoch) {
-      // do this at the end of the function would be too late
+      // no need to await for other steps, just poll proposers for next epoch
       void this.pollBeaconProposersNextEpoch(currentSlot, nextEpoch, signal);
     }