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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ We welcome contributions of additional services which are then hosted on [m3o.co
 
 - Services must be built using the Micro platform
 - Any dependency must be configured using the Micro Config
-- All services to be published must include a `publicapi.json`
+- All services to be published must include a `publicapi.json` file
 
 ## License