diff --git a/contrib/uuid-ossp/README.uuid-ossp b/contrib/uuid-ossp/README.uuid-ossp
index 53a3b72945953eb8804f1218e2cd3ebb22a267c6..6c5b0d04ed1f2363642546ea725aacb5fdfc331a 100644
--- a/contrib/uuid-ossp/README.uuid-ossp
+++ b/contrib/uuid-ossp/README.uuid-ossp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ uuid_generate_v3(namespace uuid, name text)
 This function generates a version 3 UUID in the given namespace using
 the specified input name.  The namespace should be one of the special
 constants produced by the uuid_ns_*() functions shown below.  (It
-should be any UUID in theory.)  The name is an identifier in the
+could be any UUID in theory.)  The name is an identifier in the
 selected namespace.  For example:
 
   uuid_generate_v3(uuid_ns_url(), 'http://www.postgresql.org')