diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt
 	python Classifier.py --animal Animal --data Data --config config.json
    ```
 
-5. Train the separator model including a classifier to evaluate performance as well as the classifier's testing accuracy to account for the probabilistic nature of classifying biacoustic signals and the stochasticity of the classifier model
+5. Train the separator model including a classifier to evaluate performance as well as the classifier's testing accuracy to account for the probabilistic nature of classifying bioacoustic signals and the stochasticity of the classifier model
 
    ```command
 	python Separator.py --animal Animal --data Data --config config.json --classifier_name classifier_name --classifier_peak_acc classifier_peak_acc --regime Closed