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@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ variable, allowing the user to adjust the amount of memory that can be used by e
 | Elasticsearch | ES_JAVA_OPTS         |
 | Logstash      | LS_JAVA_OPTS         |
 
-To accomodate environments where memory is scarce (Docker Desktop for Mac has only 2 GB available by default), the Heap
+To accommodate environments where memory is scarce (Docker Desktop for Mac has only 2 GB available by default), the Heap
 Size allocation is capped by default in the `docker-compose.yml` file to 512 MB for Elasticsearch and 256 MB for
 Logstash. If you want to override the default JVM configuration, edit the matching environment variable(s) in the
 `docker-compose.yml` file.