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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ If you pass `lookup: false`, the local .csslintrc is not looked up automatically
 
 You can pass rule configuration as an object. See the [list of rules by ID on the CSSLint wiki](https://github.com/stubbornella/csslint/wiki/Rules-by-ID) for valid rule IDs.
 
-Any properties passed wil be in _addition_ to (or overwriting) the ones in .csslintrc (unless `lookup: false` is passed).
+Any properties passed will be in _addition_ to (or overwriting) the ones in .csslintrc (unless `lookup: false` is passed).
 
 ```js
 gulp.src('client/css/*.css')