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@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ But if you wish to select or exclude specific linters, we give you full control
 | **DISABLE_ERRORS**                 | `false`               | Flag to have the linter complete with exit code 0 even if errors were detected.                                                                                                  |
 | **DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT_FILE_NAME**  | `.hadolint.yml`       | Filename for [hadolint configuration](https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint) (ex: `.hadolintlintrc.yaml`)                                                                         |
 | **EDITORCONFIG_FILE_NAME**         | `.ecrc`               | Filename for [editorconfig-checker configuration](https://github.com/editorconfig-checker/editorconfig-checker)                                                                  |
-| **ERROR_ON_MISSING_EXEC_BIT**      | `false`               | If set to `false`, the `bash-exec` linter will report a warning if a shell script is not executable. If set to `true`, the `bash-exec` linter will report an arror instead.      |
+| **ERROR_ON_MISSING_EXEC_BIT**      | `false`               | If set to `false`, the `bash-exec` linter will report a warning if a shell script is not executable. If set to `true`, the `bash-exec` linter will report an error instead.      |
 | **FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE**           | `none`                | Regular expression defining which files will be excluded from linting  (ex: `.*src/test.*`)                                                                                      |
 | **FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE**           | `all`                 | Regular expression defining which files will be processed by linters (ex: `.*src/.*`)                                                                                            |
 | **JAVASCRIPT_ES_CONFIG_FILE**      | `.eslintrc.yml`       | Filename for [eslint configuration](https://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/configuring#configuration-file-formats) (ex: `.eslintrc.yml`, `.eslintrc.json`)                           |