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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Instructions on how to use Smack in your Java or Android project are provided in
 License
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-Most of Smack is governed by the Apache License 2.0 (SPDX License Identifier: Apache 2.0). This license requires that the contents of a NOICE text file are shown "…within a display generated by the Derivative Works, if and wherever such third-party notices normally appear.".
+Most of Smack is governed by the Apache License 2.0 (SPDX License Identifier: Apache 2.0). This license requires that the contents of a NOTICE text file are shown "…within a display generated by the Derivative Works, if and wherever such third-party notices normally appear.".
 
 Smack comes which such a NOTICE file. Moreover, since `smack-core` is licensed under the Apache License 2.0, the conditions apply to every project using Smack. The content of Smack's NOTICE file can conveniently be retrieved using `Smack.getNoticeStream()`.