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@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ information gleaned from other answers provided during the
 ``pelican-quickstart`` process, are meant as a starting point and should be
 customized to fit your particular needs and usage patterns. If you find one or
 both of these automation tools to be of limited utility, these files can
-deleted at any time and will not affect usage of the canonical ``pelican``
+be deleted at any time and will not affect usage of the canonical ``pelican``
 command.
 
 Following are automation tools that "wrap" the ``pelican`` command and can