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   * Integer#digits for extracting columns of place-value notation [Feature #12447]
 
-  * Int#round now takes an optional keyword argument, half option, and the
+  * Integer#round now takes an optional keyword argument, half option, and the
     default behavior is round-to-nearest-even now.  [Bug #12548]
 
 * IO