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@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ apt install bat
 ```
 
 If you install `bat` this way, please note that the executable may be installed as `batcat` instead of `bat` (due to [a name
-clash with another package](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/issues/982)). You can set up a `bat -> batcat` symlink or alias to prevent any issues that may come up because of this and to be consistent with other distrutions:
+clash with another package](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/issues/982)). You can set up a `bat -> batcat` symlink or alias to prevent any issues that may come up because of this and to be consistent with other distributions:
 ``` bash
 mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
 ln -s /usr/bin/batcat ~/.local/bin/bat