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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Next, to install the database, run the MongoDB server and execute this command (
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 where `/path/to/` is the path to the dump file of the IRIS collection (provided with the package mongiris in `mongiris/data/dump-iris.bin`). 
-You may have to create two folders for Mongodb: `data/db` under `PATH/TO/MONGODB/bin`. A tip is to move the dump into that folder and use the hollowing steps:
+You may have to create two folders for Mongodb: `data/db` under `PATH/TO/MONGODB/bin`. A tip is to move the dump into that folder and do the following steps:
 
 1. In a first terminal: `./mongod --dbpath=./data/db` (to run mongodb),
 2. In a second terminal: `./mongorestore --archive=./data/db/dump-dbinsee.bin` (to restore data from the dump).