diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d78cd81..2e0467c 100644
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ database stores and even going ahead and wiring up monitoring and alerting
 infrastructure.
 
 This plugin automates what would be otherwise manual steps. Once you `git push`
-your application deployment, this plugin consumes configuration specified by in
+your application deployment, this plugin consumes configuration specified in
 the `deploy.d` directory to carry out the end-to-end production deployment
 steps.