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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Edit the location of where you want docker backups stored in docker-backup.sh (d
 
 It will recurse though the directories if they are listed in containers.txt .
 It will run docker-compose to take down the container, pull a new version if there is one, then bring the container back up.
-Then it will create a timestamped arcive of each container in the backup directory, under a directory with that container name.
+Then it will create a timestamped archive of each container in the backup directory, under a directory with that container name.
 
 ```
 Usage:  ./docker-backup.sh [-f containers_list_file] [-s source_base_dir] [-t] [-v] [-h]