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@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ $ docker run -it --rm -d -v mysql_data:/var/lib/mysql \
 
 Okay, now that we have a running MySQL, let’s update our Dockerfile to activate the MySQL Spring profile defined in the application and switch from an in-memory H2 database to the MySQL server we just created.
 
-We only need to add the MySQL profil as an argument to the `CMD` definition.
+We only need to add the MySQL profile as an argument to the `CMD` definition.
 
 ```dockerfile
 CMD ["./mvnw", "spring-boot:run", "-Dspring-boot.run.profiles=mysql"]