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 ## Documentation
 
-* See the [doc](doc/README.md) directoory for documentation on various topics, including building and installing.
+* See the [doc](doc/README.md) directory for documentation on various topics, including building and installing.
 * General documentations on the Tango HDB system can be found [here](http://tango-controls.readthedocs.io/en/latest/administration/services/hdbpp/index.html#hdb-an-archiving-historian-service)
 
 ## Building
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 ## License
 
-The source code is released under the LGPL3 license and a copy of this license is provided with the code.
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+The source code is released under the LGPL3 license and a copy of this license is provided with the code.