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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
 
 * Changes in SLURM 1.2.0-pre2
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- -- added function slurm_init_slurm_msg to be used to init any slurm_msg_t
+ -- Added function slurm_init_slurm_msg to be used to init any slurm_msg_t
     you no longer need do any other type of initialization to the type.
 
 * Changes in SLURM 1.2.0-pre2