diff --git a/cmd/evm/README.md b/cmd/evm/README.md
index f95b6b4d7b..17d663a50c 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/README.md
+++ b/cmd/evm/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ which can
 1. Take a prestate, including
    - Accounts,
    - Block context information,
-   - Previous blockshashes (*optional)
+   - Previous block hashes (*optional)
 2. Apply a set of transactions,
 3. Apply a mining-reward (*optional),
 4. And generate a post-state, including