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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Contributing a pull request to this repo requires to agree to a [Contributor
 License Agreement
 (CLA)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributor_License_Agreement) declaring
 that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your
-contribution. A CLA-bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide
+contribution. A CLA-bot should automatically determine whether you need to provide
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