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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ For example stored sparse files that have "holes" in them, will be read as a
 contiguous file, though the archive contents may be recorded in sparse format.
 Therefore when adding the file payload to a reassembled tar, to achieve
 identical output, the file payload would need be precisely re-sparsified. This
-is not something I seek to fix imediately, but would rather have an alert that
+is not something I seek to fix immediately, but would rather have an alert that
 precise reassembly is not possible.
 (see more http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Sparse-Formats.html)