diff --git a/5.-firmware-and-api-reference/pycom/machine/spi.md b/5.-firmware-and-api-reference/pycom/machine/spi.md
index de6811c..09a478f 100644
--- a/5.-firmware-and-api-reference/pycom/machine/spi.md
+++ b/5.-firmware-and-api-reference/pycom/machine/spi.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Write the data contained in `buf`. Returns the number of bytes written.
 
 ### spi.read\(nbytes, \* , write=0x00\)
 
-Read the `nbytes` while writing the data specified by `write`. Return the number of bytes read.
+Read the `nbytes` while writing the data specified by `write`. Returns the bytes read.
 
 ### spi.readinto\(buf, \* , write=0x00\)