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 # Example #
 
-We're writing a function that converts a number to binary, by returing a list of bits. Let's snoop on it by adding the `@pysnooper.snoop()` decorator:
+We're writing a function that converts a number to binary, by returning a list of bits. Let's snoop on it by adding the `@pysnooper.snoop()` decorator:
 
     import pysnooper