diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ looks forward to your contribution. Please follow this process:
 6. Submit a pull request to logback from your commit page on GitHub.
 
 
-# Continous integration build status
+# Continuous integration build status
 
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