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@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ The Hadoop build process is no easy task - requires lots of libraries and their
 
 ## Automate everything
 
-As we have mentioned previousely, a Docker file was created and released in the official [Docker repository](https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/sequenceiq/hadoop-docker/)
+As we have mentioned previously, a Docker file was created and released in the official [Docker repository](https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/sequenceiq/hadoop-docker/)