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 # godrop - drop privileges
 
-Godrop is a simple library to drop privileges on Linux and OpenBSD maschines.
+Godrop is a simple library to drop privileges on Linux and OpenBSD.
 
 See the examples directory on how to use the `Drop` and `MultiDrop` functions.