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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pywb 0.8.3 changelist
 
 * cookie rewrite: all cookie rewriters remove ``secure`` flag to allow equivalent replay of sites with cookies via HTTP and HTTPS.
 
-* html rewrite: fix ``<base>`` tag rewriting to keep add trailing slash if url is a hostname with no path, ex:
+* html rewrite: fix ``<base>`` tag rewriting to add a trailing slash to the url if it is a hostname with no path, ex:
 
   ``<base href="http://example.com" />`` -> ``<base href="http://localhost:8080/rewrite/http://example.com/" />``