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@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Library
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 - Issue #8980: Fixed a failure in distutils.command check that was shadowed
-  by an environment that does not have docutils. Patch by Arferver.
+  by an environment that does not have docutils. Patch by Arfrever.
 
 - Issue #1050268: parseaddr now correctly quotes double quote and backslash
   characters that appear inside quoted strings in email addresses.