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@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ In order to be able to develop a good history tool I will need to get some insig
 This project is also my Master thesis so I need to be a bit scientific and base my design decisions on evidence/data.
 
 Running `reshctl sanitize` creates a sanitized version of recorded history.  
-In sanitized history, all sensitive information is replaced with its SHA1 hashes.
+In sanitized history, all sensitive information is replaced with its SHA256 hashes.
 
 If you tried sanitizing your history and you think the result is not sanitized enough then please create an issue or message me.