diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
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@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Source blocks look like this:
 #+end_example
 
 
-The way ~org-babel-tangle~ works is that it will look at the source blocks, and extract them into the file befined by the ~:tangle~ parameter.
+The way ~org-babel-tangle~ works is that it will look at the source blocks, and extract them into the file defined by the ~:tangle~ parameter.
 
 In some cases, we use
 #+begin_example