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@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ status, err := task.Wait(context)
 
 ### Checkpoint and Restore
 
-If you have [criu](https://criu.org/Main_Page) installed on your machine you can checkpoint and restore containers and their tasks.  This allow you to clone and/or live migrate containers to other machines.
+If you have [criu](https://criu.org/Main_Page) installed on your machine you can checkpoint and restore containers and their tasks.  This allows you to clone and/or live migrate containers to other machines.
 
 ```go
 // checkpoint the task then push it to a registry