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 # Files
 
-All configuration is to be placed inside the `filaes` dict.
+All configuration is to be placed inside the `files` dict.
 This dict is a <key>:<value> mapping. With <key> being the path of a file, for example
 '/boo/bar'. <value> is a *fileconfig* dict, see below.