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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Synapse 1.20.0rc3 (2020-09-11)
 Bugfixes
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-- Fix a bug introduced in v1.20.0rc1 that the wrong exception was raised when invalid JSON data is encountered. ([\#8291](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8291))
+- Fix a bug introduced in v1.20.0rc1 where the wrong exception was raised when invalid JSON data is encountered. ([\#8291](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8291))
 
 
 Synapse 1.20.0rc2 (2020-09-09)