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-# gRPC Helloworld Tutorial
+# gRPC Hello World Tutorial
 
 ## TODO: move this to the tutorial sub-folder
 
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 When you finish the tutorial, you will be able to
 
-- Create an protobuf schema that defines a simple RPC service
+- Create a protobuf schema that defines a simple RPC service
 - Create a Java server that implements the schema interface
 - Create a Java client that accesses the server
 - Create a Go client that accesses the Java server