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@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ of functions which will be skipped when auditing the not checked errors:
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-You can also configure the hard-coded credentials rule `G101` with additional patters, or adjust the entropy threshold:
+You can also configure the hard-coded credentials rule `G101` with additional patterns, or adjust the entropy threshold:
 
 ```JSON
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