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-rw-r--r--Documentation/applying-patches.txt2
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diff --git a/Documentation/applying-patches.txt b/Documentation/applying-patches.txt
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--- a/Documentation/applying-patches.txt
+++ b/Documentation/applying-patches.txt
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Common errors when patching
---
When patch applies a patch file it attempts to verify the sanity of the
file in different ways.
-Checking that the file looks like a valid patch file & checking the code
+Checking that the file looks like a valid patch file and checking the code
around the bits being modified matches the context provided in the patch are
just two of the basic sanity checks patch does.