diff --git a/doc/walkthrough/recover_data_from_lost+found.mdwn b/doc/walkthrough/recover_data_from_lost+found.mdwn
index f101b3caf6..48ef2a1d73 100644
--- a/doc/walkthrough/recover_data_from_lost+found.mdwn
+++ b/doc/walkthrough/recover_data_from_lost+found.mdwn
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ First, check out the git repository again. Then, in the new checkout:
 
 The way that works is that when git-annex adds the same content that was in
 the repository before, all the old links to that content start working
-again. This works particularly well if the SHA1 backend is used, but even
+again. This works particularly well if the SHA* backends are used, but even
 with the default backend it will work pretty well, as long as fsck
 preserved the modification time of the files.