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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=""
 ```
 
 ## Use
-To simply start build and run all the containers, make sure you are in the /localdev directory and run the following command. This includes a reload command for the web container. It will restart the web container when changes are made locally.
+To simply build and run all the containers, make sure you are in the /localdev directory and run the following command. This includes a reload command for the web container. It will restart the web container when changes are made locally.
 ```
 docker-compose up
 ```