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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Features
   asynchronous server based on `asyncio <https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html>`_
   (`sanic <http://sanic.readthedocs.io/>`_ and `aiohttp <http://aiohttp.readthedocs.io/>`_),
   `eventlet <http://eventlet.net/>`_ or `gevent <http://gevent.org/>`_. For
-  development and testing, any WSGI complaint multi-threaded server can also be
+  development and testing, any WSGI compliant multi-threaded server can also be
   used.
 - Includes a WSGI middleware that integrates Socket.IO traffic with standard
   WSGI applications.