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@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Request features by creating an issue in the [related XMTP GitHub repo](https://
 
 We encourage pull requests (PRs) from the community, but we suggest that you start with a feature request or a post to the [XMTP Community Forums](https://community.xmtp.org/) just to do a temperature check. For example, if the PR involves a major change to the XMTP protocol, it must be fleshed out as an [XMTP Improvement Proposal](https://github.com/xmtp/XIPs/blob/main/XIPs/xip-0-purpose-process.md) before work begins.
 
-If your PR to a repo in the [XMTP](https://github.com/xmtp) or [Ephemera](https://github.com/xmtp-labs) GitHub org is meerged you're eligible to claim this [XMTP contributor POAP](https://www.gitpoap.io/gp/1042).
+If your PR to a repo in the [XMTP](https://github.com/xmtp) or [Ephemera](https://github.com/xmtp-labs) GitHub org is merged you're eligible to claim this [XMTP contributor POAP](https://www.gitpoap.io/gp/1042).
 
 ## XMTP Improvement Proposals