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@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ console.log(result.map);
 console.log(result.stats);
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-### Sepecial behaviours
+### Special behaviours
 
 * In the case that both `file` and `data` options are set, node-sass will give precedence to `data` and use `file` to calculate paths in sourcemaps.