diff --git a/source/reference/command/filemd5.txt b/source/reference/command/filemd5.txt
index 5cc37317a89..a6c14f70647 100644
--- a/source/reference/command/filemd5.txt
+++ b/source/reference/command/filemd5.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ filemd5
 
 .. dbcommand:: filemd5
 
-   The :dbcommand:`filemd5` command returns the :term:`md5` hashes for a single
+   The :dbcommand:`filemd5` command returns the :term:`md5` hash for a single
    file stored using the :term:`GridFS` specification. Client libraries
    use this command to verify that files are correctly written to MongoDB.
    The command takes the ``files_id`` of the file in question and the