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 # Ingress examples
 
 This directory contains a catalog of examples on how to run, configure and
-scale Ingress. Please review the [prerequisities](PREREQUISITES.md) before
+scale Ingress. Please review the [prerequisites](PREREQUISITES.md) before
 trying them.
 
 ## Basic cross platform