diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ffa20cb..5baa234 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ then
 #include <efi.h>
 #include <uefi.h>
 ```
-should workaround the problem by avoiding the inclusion of stdint.h and definitng uint64_t by efibind.h as `unsigned long long`.
+should workaround the problem by avoiding the inclusion of stdint.h and defining uint64_t by efibind.h as `unsigned long long`.
 
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