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@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ $ cargo build --features "base32 cat echo rm" --no-default-features
 
 If you don't want to build the multicall binary and would prefer to build
 the utilities as individual binaries, that is also possible. Each utility
-is contained in it's own package within the main repository, named
+is contained in its own package within the main repository, named
 "uu_UTILNAME". To build individual utilities, use cargo to build just the
 specific packages (using the `--package` [aka `-p`] option). For example: