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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ npmextra is a hub for a series of js tools that help writing, documenting and ma
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 ## Usage
-The main purpose of npmextra is to configure different tools using one npmextra.json. This way complex setups avaoid complexity through many configuration files.
+The main purpose of npmextra is to configure different tools using one npmextra.json. This way complex setups avoid additional complexity caused by too many configuration files.
 
 npmextra.json
 ```json