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@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ getprotoent.3
         Rephrase description in terms of a database, rather than a file.
 	Note that each of the get*() functions opens a connection to
 	the database if necessary.
-	The database connection is held opend between get*() calls if
+	The database connection is held open between get*() calls if
 	'stayopen' is non-zero (not necessarily 1).
 	s/zero terminated list/NULL-terminated list/
     mtk