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@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule require
 
 This sample is configured to receive messages from topic `test`, if you would like to change the topic, change the TOPIC constant in `consumer/src/main/java/TestConsumer.java`.
 
-To run the producer from the command line, generate the JAR and then run from within Maven (alternatively, generate the JAR using Maven, then run in Java by adding the necessary Kafka JAR(s) to the classpath):
+To run the consumer from the command line, generate the JAR and then run from within Maven (alternatively, generate the JAR using Maven, then run in Java by adding the necessary Kafka JAR(s) to the classpath):
 
 ```bash
 mvn clean package