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 ## Project details
 
-**containerd** is the primary open source project within the broader containerd GitHub repository.
+**containerd** is the primary open source project within the broader containerd GitHub organization.
 However, all projects within the repo have common maintainership, governance, and contributing
 guidelines which are stored in a `project` repository commonly for all containerd projects.