diff --git a/doc/zmq.md b/doc/zmq.md
index 1019ff6653..38c58fb7fd 100644
--- a/doc/zmq.md
+++ b/doc/zmq.md
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ For instance:
 Each PUB notification has a topic and body, where the header
 corresponds to the notification type. For instance, for the
 notification `-zmqpubhashtx` the topic is `hashtx` (no null
-terminator) and the body is the hexadecimal transaction hash (32
+terminator) and the body is the transaction hash (32
 bytes).
 
 These options can also be provided in bitcoin.conf.