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 ### scrypt.verifyHash(input, hash, [callback])
 
-Creates a hash.
+Verifies an input against a hash.
 
 * __input__: The input to hash, usually a password.
 * __hash__: The hash to verify against, in base64 encoding (the default output format of `scrypt.hash`).