diff --git a/Library/Contributions/examples/brew-fetch.rb b/Library/Contributions/examples/brew-fetch.rb
index a3fb293203..aadb913330 100755
--- a/Library/Contributions/examples/brew-fetch.rb
+++ b/Library/Contributions/examples/brew-fetch.rb
@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@ ARGV.formulae.each do |f|
     FileUtils.rm_rf where_to unless where_to.empty?
   end
 
-  f.downloader.fetch
+  the_tarball = f.downloader.fetch
+  md5 = the_tarball.md5
+  puts "MD5 is #{md5}"
 end