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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Changes:
 * Avoid pulling the full state of a room out so often (PR #1047, #1049, #1063,
   #1068)
 * Don't notify for online to online presence transitions. (PR #1054)
-* Occaisonally persist unpersisted presence updates (PR #1055)
+* Occasionally persist unpersisted presence updates (PR #1055)
 * Allow application services to have an optional 'url' (PR #1056)
 * Clean up old sent transactions from DB (PR #1059)