diff --git a/src/uu/hashsum/src/hashsum.rs b/src/uu/hashsum/src/hashsum.rs
index b1ba3c217..b39b5788c 100644
--- a/src/uu/hashsum/src/hashsum.rs
+++ b/src/uu/hashsum/src/hashsum.rs
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ pub fn uumain(mut args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
         );
 
     if !is_custom_binary(&binary_name) {
-        let algos = &[
+        let algorithms = &[
             ("md5", "work with MD5"),
             ("sha1", "work with SHA1"),
             ("sha224", "work with SHA224"),
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ pub fn uumain(mut args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
             ("b2sum", "work with BLAKE2"),
         ];
 
-        for (name, desc) in algos {
+        for (name, desc) in algorithms {
             app = app.arg(Arg::with_name(name).long(name).help(desc));
         }
     }