diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Run `go get -d github.com/libgit2/git2go` to download the code and go to your `$
 
 will compile libgit2. Run `go install` so that it's statically linked to the git2go package.
 
-Paralellism and network operations
+Parallelism and network operations
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 libgit2 uses OpenSSL and LibSSH2 for performing encrypted network connections. For now, git2go asks libgit2 to set locking for OpenSSL. This makes HTTPS connections thread-safe, but it is fragile and will likely stop doing it soon. This may also make SSH connections thread-safe if your copy of libssh2 is linked against OpenSSL. Check libgit2's `THREADSAFE.md` for more information.