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@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ You can connect to the admin container as
 
 <code>docker exec -ti admin bash</code>
 
-and running e.g. "pdsh hostname" should make all clients to report back with thir hostnames.
+and running e.g. "pdsh hostname" should make all clients to report back with their hostnames.
 
 All other cmd scripts listed here are just for convenient stopping/pausing/resuming of the "cluster".