diff --git a/Library/Contributions/examples/brew-fetch.rb b/Library/Contributions/examples/brew-fetch.rb
index 04573669f0..2f7ddc6f80 100755
--- a/Library/Contributions/examples/brew-fetch.rb
+++ b/Library/Contributions/examples/brew-fetch.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ARGV.formulae.each do |f|
 
   the_tarball = f.downloader.fetch
   if the_tarball.kind_of? Pathname
-    md5 = the_tarball.md5
-    puts "MD5 is #{md5}"
+    puts "MD5:  #{the_tarball.md5}"
+    puts "SHA1: #{the_tarball.sha1}"
   end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
index 3df2ead6b4..0ed592c1a7 100644
--- a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
+++ b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ didn't include with OS X.
 
   * `--cache` [<formula>]:
     Displays the path Homebrew uses to cache downloads.
-    If <formula> is given, display the file or folder used to cache that specific package.
+    If <formula> is given, display the file or folder used to cache that
+    specific package.
 
   * `--config`:
     Shows Homebrew and system configuration useful for debugging. If you file
@@ -146,7 +147,12 @@ didn't include with OS X.
     cellar.
 
   * `update`:
-    Using Git, fetches the newest version of Homebrew from the GitHub repository.
+    Using Git, fetches the newest version of Homebrew from the GitHub
+    repository.
+
+  * `fetch` <formula>:
+    Downloads the tarball or checks out from VCS for the given <formula>. For
+    tarballs, also prints MD5 and SHA1 checksums.
 
 ## ENVIRONMENT
 
diff --git a/share/man/man1/brew.1 b/share/man/man1/brew.1
index f5df6854e3..99c6e6a839 100644
--- a/share/man/man1/brew.1
+++ b/share/man/man1/brew.1
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ For all installed or specific formulae, remove any older versions from the cella
 \fBupdate\fR
 Using Git, fetches the newest version of Homebrew from the GitHub repository\.
 .
+.TP
+\fBfetch\fR \fIformula\fR
+Downloads the tarball or checks out from VCS for the given \fIformula\fR\. For tarballs, also prints MD5 and SHA1 checksums\.
+.
 .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
 .
 .TP