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@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ The goal of Swagger™ is to define a standard, language-agnostic interface to R
 Check out [Swagger-Spec](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-spec) for additional information about the Swagger project, including additional libraries with support for other languages and more. 
 
 
-## Compatability
-The Swagger Specification has undergone 3 revisions since initial creation in 2010.  The swagger-codegen project has the following compatibilies with the swagger specification:
+## Compatibility
+The Swagger Specification has undergone 3 revisions since initial creation in 2010.  The swagger-codegen project has the following compatibilities with the swagger specification:
 
 Swagger Codegen Version | Release Date | Swagger Spec compatability | Notes
 ----------------------- | ------------ | -------------------------- | -----