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@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ The following environment variables can be used in place of the corresponding co
 
 There are two recommended configurations.
 
-1) Configure SSL Terminiation with OAuth2 Proxy by providing a `--tls-cert=/path/to/cert.pem` and `--tls-key=/path/to/cert.key`.
+1) Configure SSL Termination with OAuth2 Proxy by providing a `--tls-cert=/path/to/cert.pem` and `--tls-key=/path/to/cert.key`.
 
 The command line to run `oauth2_proxy` in this configuration would look like this: