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@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ There are two special functions called periodically by the event loop:
 Inside server.c you can find code that handles other vital things of the Redis server:
 
 * `call()` is used in order to call a given command in the context of a given client.
-* `activeExpireCycle()` handles eviciton of keys with a time to live set via the `EXPIRE` command.
+* `activeExpireCycle()` handles eviction of keys with a time to live set via the `EXPIRE` command.
 * `freeMemoryIfNeeded()` is called when a new write command should be performed but Redis is out of memory according to the `maxmemory` directive.
 * The global variable `redisCommandTable` defines all the Redis commands, specifying the name of the command, the function implementing the command, the number of arguments required, and other properties of each command.