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@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ unsuccessful program completion in a general sense.
On POSIX systems, the value of this macro is @code{1}. On other
systems, the value might be some other (possibly non-constant) integer
-expression. Other nonzero status values also indicate future. Certain
+expression. Other nonzero status values also indicate failures. Certain
programs use different nonzero status values to indicate particular
kinds of "non-success". For example, @code{diff} uses status value
@code{1} to mean that the files are different, and @code{2} or more to