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 ##### Cross-Compilation
 
-For details on cross-compliation, check out the [GitHub Actions file](.github/workflows/ci.yml) and the [cross-compliation wiki page](https://github.com/jqlang/jq/wiki/Cross-compilation).
+For details on cross-compilation, check out the [GitHub Actions file](.github/workflows/ci.yml) and the [cross-compilation wiki page](https://github.com/jqlang/jq/wiki/Cross-compilation).
 
 ## Community & Support