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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ A tool for managing secrets.
 Custodia is a project that aims to define an API for modern cloud
 applications that allows to easily store and share passwords, tokens,
 certificates and any other secret in a way that keeps data secure,
-mangeable and auditable.
+manageable and auditable.
 
 The Custodia project offers example implementations of clear text and
 encrypted backends, and aims to soon provide drivers to store data in