diff --git a/b3sum/README.md b/b3sum/README.md
index 157aa40..9f66a60 100644
--- a/b3sum/README.md
+++ b/b3sum/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Options:
       --no-mmap               Disable memory mapping
       --no-names              Omit filenames in the output
       --raw                   Write raw output bytes to stdout, rather than hex
-  -c, --check                 Read BLAKE3 sums from the [FILE]s and checks them
+  -c, --check                 Read BLAKE3 sums from the [FILE]s and check them
       --quiet                 Skip printing OK for each successfully verified file
   -h, --help                  Print help information (use `--help` for more detail)
   -V, --version               Print version information
diff --git a/b3sum/src/main.rs b/b3sum/src/main.rs
index 151ba51..6089df9 100644
--- a/b3sum/src/main.rs
+++ b/b3sum/src/main.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct Inner {
     #[arg(long)]
     raw: bool,
 
-    /// Read BLAKE3 sums from the [FILE]s and checks them
+    /// Read BLAKE3 sums from the [FILE]s and check them
     #[arg(
         short,
         long,