diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
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--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -6905,7 +6905,7 @@ David  18 Oct 2003
 David  18 Oct 2003
 	- When reset (or detach from) a process, wait for running applications to exit
 		before doing other things (e.g., deleting files,
-		which will fail is processes have them open)
+		which will fail if processes have them open)
 		Implementation: exit_tasks() etc. now take a PROJECT* arg
 	- When a master file fetch fails on a tentative project (e.g. bad URL)
 		avoid a situation where we remove the HTTP_OP,