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@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ Accessing restrictable node API sets
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 You can restrict node API sets to particular users by specifying an `api-access` file in `config.ini`
-or by using the `--api-access /full/path/to/api-access.json` command line option on node startup. Here is an example `api-access` file which allows
+or by using the `--api-access /full/path/to/api-access.json` command-line option on node startup. Here is an example `api-access` file which allows
 user `bytemaster` with password `supersecret` to access four different API sets, while allowing any other user to access the three public API sets
 necessary to use the node: