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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ A Loki-based logging stack consists of 3 components:
 - [Grafana](https://github.com/grafana/grafana) for the UI.
 
 Loki is like Prometheus, but for logs: we prefer a multidimensional label-based approach to indexing, and want a single-binary, easy to operate system with no dependencies.
-Loki differs from Prometheus by focussing on logs instead of metrics, and deliverying logs via push, instead of pull.
+Loki differs from Prometheus by focussing on logs instead of metrics, and delivering logs via push, instead of pull.
 
 ## Getting started