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@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ libgtkspell-dev (for gtkspell module)
 
 Optionally:
 gtkspell and aspell-LANG (where lang is your locale eg. en, fr etc)
-dnspython (for SRV support; if you don't know what that is you don't need it)
-GnomePythonExtras 2.10 or above (so you can avoid compliling trayicon and gtkspell)
+dnspython (for SRV support; if you don't know what that is, you don't need it)
+GnomePythonExtras 2.10 or above (so you can avoid compiling trayicon and gtkspell)
 possible package name for your distro: python-gnome2-extras
 
 INSTALL PROCEDURE