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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Changes in lyskomd 1.8.0 (Release date 1995-11-08)
 * Lyskomd 1.8.0 implements protocol A level 8.  See doc/prot-A.txt for
   information about the new features it contains.  The database
   currently still only stores four bits of the conf_type, however, so
-  it is useless to use the new anarchy bit untill the next release.
+  it is useless to use the new anarchy bit until the next release.
 
 * You can now specify where lyskomd should dump core (if that should
   ever happen) using the "Core directory" parameter.