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@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Although this script **does** have a progress output (files as well as percentag
 
 When aborting the script midway through, be sure to check the last lines of its output. When cancelling before or during the renaming process a ".rebalance" file might be left and you have to rename (or delete) it manually.
 
-Although the `--passes` paramter can be used to limit the maximum amount of rebalance passes per file, it is only meant to speedup aborted runs. Individual files will **not be process multiple times automatically**. To reach multiple passes you have to run the script on the same target directory multiple times.
+Although the `--passes` parameter can be used to limit the maximum amount of rebalance passes per file, it is only meant to speedup aborted runs. Individual files will **not be process multiple times automatically**. To reach multiple passes you have to run the script on the same target directory multiple times.
 
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