diff --git a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst
index 8bba6700930bf4..b21ecdaede622a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ a file or file-like object.
    .. versionadded:: 3.11
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.14
-      Now raises a :exc:`BlockingIOError` if the file is opened in blocking
+      Now raises a :exc:`BlockingIOError` if the file is opened in non-blocking
       mode. Previously, spurious null bytes were added to the digest.