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@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ The makefile can autodetect the libraries that are included from your sketch and
 
 To upload compiled files, `avrdude` is used. This Makefile tries to find `avrdude` and it's config (`avrdude.conf`) below `ARDUINO_DIR`. If you like to use the one installed on your system instead of the one which came with Arduino, you can try to set the variables `AVRDUDE` and `AVRDUDE_CONF`. On a typical Linux system these could be set to
 
-      AVRDDUDE     = /usr/bin/avrdude
+      AVRDUDE     = /usr/bin/avrdude
       AVRDUDE_CONF = /etc/avrdude.conf
 
 ## Versioning