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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Jupyter Server currently supports Python>=3.6 on Linux, OSX and Windows.
 
 If Jupyter Server is a dependency of your project/application, it is important that you pin it to a version that works for your application. Currently, Jupyter Server only has minor and patch versions. Different minor versions likely include API-changes while patch versions do not change API.
 
-When a new minor version in released on PyPI, a branch for that version will be created in this repository, and the version of the master branch will be bumped to the next minor version number. That way, the master branch always reflects the latest un-released version.
+When a new minor version is released on PyPI, a branch for that version will be created in this repository, and the version of the master branch will be bumped to the next minor version number. That way, the master branch always reflects the latest un-released version.
 
 To see the changes between releases, checkout the [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter_server/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).