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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
 
 * Changes in SLURM 1.2.0-pre10
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- -- Fix for sinfo node state counts by thpe (%A and %F output options).
+ -- Fix for sinfo node state counts by state (%A and %F output options).
 
 * Changes in SLURM 1.2.0-pre9
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