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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ the release. Only developers are encouraged to run this version.
 **Release candidate**: at some point (usually when development is fairly quiet),
 SirCmpwn will announce an upcoming release candidate, often 2 weeks in
 advance. When the two weeks are up, a branch is cut (i.e. 0.8-rc1) and from
-that point only bugfixex land in this branch. Each morning, if bugfixes landed
+that point only bugfixes land in this branch. Each morning, if bugfixes landed
 during the previous day, a new RC is cut. During the RC phase, more adventurous
 users are encouraged to upgrade and start looking for and reporting bugs
 (especially in new features).