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@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Install **hdparm package**.
 
     sudo pacman -Syu hdparm
 
-Then plug an usb device - open in your file manager - copy a huge amout of files to the device - when the copy is done - click eject in the file manager - note how quick the device is ejected.
+Then plug an usb device - open in your file manager - copy a huge amount of file data to the device - when the copy is done - click eject in the file manager - note how quick the device is ejected.
 
 For those preferring that I have created a PKGBUILD 2 for it which will pull the hdparm dependency upon installation.