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 # Moxygen
 
-Moxygen is a Doxygen XML to Markdown converter for C++ developers who want a minimal and beautiful solution for documentating their projects.
+Moxygen is a Doxygen XML to Markdown converter for C++ developers who want a minimal and beautiful solution for documenting their projects.
 
 Moxygen is currently used in conjunction with GitBook to generate the API documentation for [LibSourcey](http://sourcey.com/libsourcey/).