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@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ You can specify this command more than once. In this case it will
 .RI " move to second " program " if the first one fails to start."
 .TP
 .BI \-opencaptures " program"
-.RI "calls " program " with as  first paramater the location of the captures folder."
+.RI "calls " program " with as  first parameter the location of the captures folder."
 .TP
 .B \-printconf
 prints the location of the default configuration file.