diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 31c53a6455b..a8e3df14cd3 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -4482,7 +4482,7 @@ Otherwise, return nil."
 OBJECT is either a string or a buffer.  Optional arguments START and
 END are character positions specifying which portion of OBJECT for
 computing the hash.  If BINARY is non-nil, return a 40-byte unibyte
-string; otherwise returna 40-character string.
+string; otherwise return a 40-character string.
 
 Note that SHA-1 is not collision resistant and should not be used
 for anything security-related.  See `secure-hash' for