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@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ The most commonly used options are as follows:
 * Optimization: `-o 1` through `-o 6`, lower is faster, higher is better compression.
 The default (`-o 2`) is sufficiently fast on a modern CPU and provides 30-50% compression
 gains over an unoptimized PNG. `-o 4` is 6 times slower than `-o 2` but can provide 5-10%
-extra compression over `-o 2`. Using any setting higher than `-o 4` is generally unlikely
+extra compression over `-o 2`. Using any setting higher than `-o 4` is unlikely
 to give any extra compression gains and is not recommended.
 * Interlacing: `-i 1` will enable [Adam7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam7_algorithm)
 PNG interlacing on any images that are processed. `-i 0` will remove interlacing from all