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 ## Design Proposal
 
-To get a better understanding of the proposed design for the OpenTelemetry Lamda extension, you can see the [Design Proposal here.](docs/design_proposal.md)
+To get a better understanding of the proposed design for the OpenTelemetry Lambda extension, you can see the [Design Proposal here.](docs/design_proposal.md)
 
 ## Features