diff --git a/ReadMe b/ReadMe
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-NOTE: the information in this file is severly outdated.
+NOTE: the information in this file is gravely outdated.
 The preferred method to build Haiku (currently only possible on a BeOS machine)
 is this (when you're in the "current" directory):
 	$ configure