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 ### Naming
 
-Each proposal is defined as a subdirectory of `propoals`. E.g. `16:upgrade-8`.
+Each proposal is defined as a subdirectory of `proposals`. E.g. `16:upgrade-8`.
 
 The leading number is its number as submitted to the agoric-3 chain. These are viewable at https://bigdipper.live/agoric/proposals