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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ A lightweight erlang runtime.
 No processes are started by the init process.
 No modules other than a small see runtime are loaded.
 You define a module with a `main` function which is called.
-Upon completion of the main funtion the process stops.
+Upon completion of the main function the process stops.
 
 Such a main function can start supervision trees and other long lived processes.