diff --git a/docs/postmortems/2021-08-22-split-postmortem.md b/docs/postmortems/2021-08-22-split-postmortem.md
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This is a post-mortem concerning the minority split that occurred on Ethereum ma
 - 2021-08-17: Guido Vranken submitted a bounty report. Investigation started, root cause identified, patch variations discussed. 
 - 2021-08-18: Made public announcement over twitter about upcoming security release upcoming Tuesday. Downstream projects were also notified about the upcoming patch-release.
 - 2021-08-24: Released [v1.10.8](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/releases/tag/v1.10.8) containing the fix on Tuesday morning (CET). Erigon released [v2021.08.04](https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/releases/tag/v2021.08.04).
-- 2021-08-27: At 12:50:07 UTC, issue exploited. Analysis started roughly 30m later, 
+- 2021-08-27: At 12:50:07 UTC, issue was exploited. Analysis started roughly 30m later,