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@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ The following command injects the debugger into a process with a given PID that
 ```
 
 ### Ignoring subprocesses
-The following command will ignore subprocesses startet by the debugged process.
+The following command will ignore subprocesses started by the debugged process.
 ```console
 -m debugpy --listen localhost:5678 -pid 12345 --config-subProcess False
 ```