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@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@
 \subsection{Integers and Endianness}
 
 Abstractly, integers have a signedness (signed or unsigned), and a bit length.
-The limits are the same as for the usual two's compliment system. All integers
+The limits are the same as for the usual two's complement system. All integers
 in the publicly-visible \Zcash protocol are encoded in big endian two's
-compliment.
+complement.
 
 If unspecified, curve points, field elements, etc., are encoded according to the
 crypto libraries the \Zcash implementation uses.