diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ WAMR can be built into a standalone executable which takes the WASM application
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-A typical WAMR API usage is shown below (some return values checking are ignored):
+A typical WAMR API usage is shown below (some return value checks are ignored):
 ``` C
   static char global_heap_buf[512 * 1024];