diff --git a/Mac/OSX/README b/Mac/OSX/README
index d6189159819..26c646dbfde 100644
--- a/Mac/OSX/README
+++ b/Mac/OSX/README
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Building and using a framework-based Python on Mac OS X.
 This document provides a quick introduction to framework-based Python, its
 advantages, and how to build it.
 
-1. Why would I want a framework Python in stead of a normal static Python?
+1. Why would I want a framework Python instead of a normal static Python?
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 The main reason is because you want to create GUI programs in Python. With the
@@ -160,4 +160,4 @@ macresource module and the Mac/OSX/Makefile cater for this, and create
 ".rsrc.df.rsrc" files on the fly that are normal datafork-based resource
 files.
 
-	Jack Jansen, Jack.Jansen@cwi.nl, 15-Jul-2004.
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+	Jack Jansen, Jack.Jansen@cwi.nl, 15-Jul-2004.