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 ## Performance
 
-Performance is a key focus of `jay-peg``. In a benchmark test using a 2448×3264, 2.2MB JPEG image, the decoding speed was measured as follows:
+Performance is a key focus of `jay-peg`. In a benchmark test using a 2448×3264, 2.2MB JPEG image, the decoding speed was measured as follows:
 
 ```
 Benchmarked: small:  x 11,597 ops/sec ±0.60% (95 runs sampled)