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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ security@docker.com and not by creating a github issue.
 
 A common method for distributing applications and sandboxing their
 execution is to use virtual machines, or VMs. Typical VM formats are
-VMWare's vmdk, Oracle VirtualBox's vdi, and Amazon EC2's ami. In theory
+VMware's vmdk, Oracle VirtualBox's vdi, and Amazon EC2's ami. In theory
 these formats should allow every developer to automatically package
 their application into a "machine" for easy distribution and deployment.
 In practice, that almost never happens, for a few reasons: