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 Contribute
 ----------
 
-Contributions are very welcome, and should target rust's master branch until
-rust 1.0 is released. You may *claim* an item on the to-do list by following
+Contributions are very welcome, and should target Rust's master branch until
+Rust 1.0 is released. You may *claim* an item on the to-do list by following
 these steps:
 
 1. Open an issue named "Implement [the utility of your choice]", e.g. "Implement ls"