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 Synapse 0.34.0rc1 (2018-12-04)
 ==============================
 
-Synapse 0.34 is the first reelase to fully support Python 3. We recommend
+Synapse 0.34 is the first release to fully support Python 3. We recommend
 upgrading to Python 3, but make sure to read the
 [UPGRADE.rst#upgrading-to-v0340](upgrade notes) when doing so.