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@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ <h3 id="goroot">Moved GOROOT</h3>
   was invoked to attempt to locate the root of the Go install tree.
   This means that if the entire Go installation is moved to a new
   location, the go tool should continue to work as usual.
-  This may be overriden by setting <code>GOROOT</code> in the environment,
+  This may be overridden by setting <code>GOROOT</code> in the environment,
   which should only be done in unusual circumstances.
   Note that this does not affect the result of
   the <a href="/pkg/runtime/#GOROOT">runtime.GOROOT</a> function, which