diff --git a/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/README.md b/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/README.md
index 8c3d5d275f..26540c3d98 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/README.md
+++ b/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Filling test cases
 
-To fill test cases for the built-in tracers, the `makeTest.js` script can be used. Given a transaction on a dev/test network, `makeTest.js` will fetch its prestate and then traces with the given configuration.
+To fill test cases for the built-in tracers, the `makeTest.js` script can be used. Given a transaction on a dev/test network, `makeTest.js` will fetch its prestate and then trace with the given configuration.
 In the Geth console do:
 
 ```terminal
 let tx = '0x...'
 loadScript('makeTest.js')
 makeTest(tx, { tracer: 'callTracer' })
-```
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+```