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@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ If you have an alert using the `custom` provider with `send-on-resolved` set to
 The aforementioned placeholder will be replaced by `TRIGGERED` or `RESOLVED` accordingly, though it can be modified
 (details at the end of this section).
 
-For all intents and purpose, we'll configure the custom alert with a Slack webhook, but you can call anything you want.
+For all intents and purposes, we'll configure the custom alert with a Slack webhook, but you can call anything you want.
 ```yaml
 alerting:
   custom: