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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The subcommands available at this time are `gather` and `evaluate`.
 * gather
 
   Scan files to capture existing text descriptions and UCS categories 
-  and save as a dataset. This function is used to countruct datasets 
+  and save as a dataset. This function is used to construct datasets 
   that `evaluate` can use to test models and finetune can use to 
   refine them.