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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ To clean up all generated and intermediate content, type:
 
     $ make clean
 
-## Pre-requistes for building
+## Prerequisites for building
 Depending on your GNU/Linux distribution the package names may be different. Basically, you need the `texlive` package, as well as whichever "extras" package contains the moderncv stuff.
 
 __On Arch Linux:__