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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ while keeping the wrapper's performance overhead to a minimum.
 simple, less error prone way. 
 
 * _cppkafka_ provides an API to produce messages as well as consuming messages, but the latter is 
-only supported via the high level consumer API. _cppkafka_ requires **rdkakfa >= 0.9.4** in 
+only supported via the high level consumer API. _cppkafka_ requires **rdkafka >= 0.9.4** in 
 order to use it. Other wrapped functionalities are also provided, like fetching metadata, 
 offsets, etc.