diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum/compute.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum/compute.rs
index 2a25f5280..2b4550354 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum/compute.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum/compute.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, BufReader, Read, Write};
 use std::path::Path;
 
-use crate::checksum::{AlgoKind, ChecksumError, SizedAlgoKind, digest_reader, escape_filename};
+use crate::checksum::{
+    AlgoKind, ChecksumError, ReadingMode, SizedAlgoKind, digest_reader, escape_filename,
+};
 use crate::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError};
 use crate::line_ending::LineEnding;
 use crate::sum::DigestOutput;
@@ -36,33 +38,6 @@ pub struct ChecksumComputeOptions {
     pub line_ending: LineEnding,
 }
 
-/// Reading mode used to compute digest.
-///
-/// On most linux systems, this is irrelevant, as there is no distinction
-/// between text and binary files. Refer to GNU's cksum documentation for more
-/// information.
-///
-/// As discussed in #9168, we decide to ignore the reading mode to compute the
-/// digest, both on Windows and UNIX. The reason for that is that this is a
-/// legacy feature that is poorly documented and used. This enum is kept
-/// nonetheless to still take into account the flags passed to cksum when
-/// generating untagged lines.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub enum ReadingMode {
-    Binary,
-    Text,
-}
-
-impl ReadingMode {
-    #[inline]
-    fn as_char(self) -> char {
-        match self {
-            Self::Binary => '*',
-            Self::Text => ' ',
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// Whether to write the digest as hexadecimal or encoded in base64.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum DigestFormat {
@@ -315,7 +290,7 @@ where
 
         // Always compute the "binary" version of the digest, i.e. on Windows,
         // never handle CRLFs specifically.
-        let (digest_output, sz) = digest_reader(&mut digest, &mut file, /* binary: */ true)
+        let (digest_output, sz) = digest_reader(&mut digest, &mut file, ReadingMode::Binary)
             .map_err_context(|| translate!("checksum-error-failed-to-read-input"))?;
 
         // Encodes the sum if df is Base64, leaves as-is otherwise.
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum/mod.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum/mod.rs
index 947e5c7c6..0c6dc54f3 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum/mod.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum/mod.rs
@@ -417,10 +417,37 @@ impl UError for ChecksumError {
     }
 }
 
+/// Reading mode used to compute digest.
+///
+/// On most linux systems, this is irrelevant, as there is no distinction
+/// between text and binary files. Refer to GNU's cksum documentation for more
+/// information.
+///
+/// As discussed in #9168, we decide to ignore the reading mode to compute the
+/// digest, both on Windows and UNIX. The reason for that is that this is a
+/// legacy feature that is poorly documented and used. This enum is kept
+/// nonetheless to still take into account the flags passed to cksum when
+/// generating untagged lines.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ReadingMode {
+    Binary,
+    Text,
+}
+
+impl ReadingMode {
+    #[inline]
+    fn as_char(self) -> char {
+        match self {
+            Self::Binary => '*',
+            Self::Text => ' ',
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn digest_reader<T: Read>(
     digest: &mut Box<dyn Digest>,
     reader: &mut T,
-    binary: bool,
+    mode: ReadingMode,
 ) -> io::Result<(DigestOutput, usize)> {
     digest.reset();
 
@@ -436,7 +463,7 @@ pub fn digest_reader<T: Read>(
     // `DigestWriter` and only written if the following character is
     // "\n". But when "\r" is the last character read, we need to force
     // it to be written.)
-    let mut digest_writer = DigestWriter::new(digest, binary);
+    let mut digest_writer = DigestWriter::new(digest, mode == ReadingMode::Binary);
     let output_size = io::copy(reader, &mut digest_writer)? as usize;
     digest_writer.finalize();
 
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum/validate.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum/validate.rs
index f21e90a27..7fede1c49 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum/validate.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/checksum/validate.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ use std::io::{self, BufReader, Read, Write, stderr, stdin};
 
 use os_display::Quotable;
 
-use crate::checksum::{AlgoKind, ChecksumError, SizedAlgoKind, digest_reader, unescape_filename};
+use crate::checksum::{
+    AlgoKind, ChecksumError, ReadingMode, SizedAlgoKind, digest_reader, unescape_filename,
+};
 use crate::error::{FromIo, UError, UIoError, UResult, USimpleError};
 use crate::quoting_style::{QuotingStyle, locale_aware_escape_name};
 use crate::sum::DigestOutput;
@@ -679,28 +681,28 @@ fn compute_and_check_digest_from_file(
     // Read the file and calculate the checksum
     let mut digest = algo.create_digest();
 
-    // TODO: improve function signature to use ReadingMode instead of binary bool
     // Set binary to false because --binary is not supported with --check
 
-    let (calculated_checksum, _) = match digest_reader(&mut digest, &mut file_reader, false) {
-        Ok(result) => result,
-        Err(err) => {
-            show!(err.map_err_context(|| {
-                locale_aware_escape_name(&real_filename_to_check, QuotingStyle::SHELL_ESCAPE)
-                    .to_string_lossy()
-                    .to_string()
-            }));
+    let (calculated_checksum, _) =
+        match digest_reader(&mut digest, &mut file_reader, ReadingMode::Text) {
+            Ok(result) => result,
+            Err(err) => {
+                show!(err.map_err_context(|| {
+                    locale_aware_escape_name(&real_filename_to_check, QuotingStyle::SHELL_ESCAPE)
+                        .to_string_lossy()
+                        .to_string()
+                }));
 
-            write_file_report(
-                io::stdout(),
-                filename,
-                FileChecksumResult::CantOpen,
-                prefix,
-                opts.verbose,
-            );
-            return Err(LineCheckError::CantOpenFile);
-        }
-    };
+                write_file_report(
+                    io::stdout(),
+                    filename,
+                    FileChecksumResult::CantOpen,
+                    prefix,
+                    opts.verbose,
+                );
+                return Err(LineCheckError::CantOpenFile);
+            }
+        };
 
     // Do the checksum validation
     let checksum_correct = match calculated_checksum {