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 Expectation File Format
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Metadat about tests, notably including their expected results, is
+Metadata about tests, notably including their expected results, is
 stored in a modified ini-like format that is designed to be human
 editable, but also to be machine updatable.