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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml2
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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml
index a915e567a5..3c92de59b9 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ gen_server:abcast -----> Module:handle_cast/2
which may be infinity.</p>
<p>This problem does not exist if all nodes are Erlang nodes.</p>
</warning>
- <p>To avoid that late answers (after the timeout) pollutes
+ <p>To prevent late answers (after the timeout) from polluting
the caller's message queue, a middleman process is used to
do the actual calls. Late answers will then be discarded
when they arrive to a terminated process.</p>