#9911: doc copyedits.
diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst
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--- a/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst
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@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
:rfc:`3986` - Uniform Resource Identifiers
This is the current standard (STD66). Any changes to urlparse module
should conform to this. Certain deviations could be observed, which are
- mostly due backward compatiblity purposes and for certain de-facto
+ mostly for backward compatibility purposes and for certain de-facto
parsing requirements as commonly observed in major browsers.
:rfc:`2732` - Format for Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's.