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@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ spdlog::flush_every(std::chrono::seconds(3));
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 #### Stopwatch
 ```c++
-// Stopwatch support for spdlog  (using std::chrono::high_resolution_clock).
+// Stopwatch support for spdlog (using std::chrono::high_resolution_clock).
 #include "spdlog/stopwatch.h"
 void stopwatch_example()
 {