diff --git a/book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc b/book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc
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--- a/book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc
+++ b/book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ John Doe
 
 [NOTE]
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-Since Git might read the same configuration variable value from more than one file, it's possible that you have an unexpected value for one of these values and you don't know why.
+Since Git might read the same configuration variable value from more than one file, it's possible that you have an unexpected value for one of these variables and you don't know why.
 In cases like that, you can query Git as to the _origin_ for that value, and it will tell you which configuration file had the final say in setting that value:
 
 [source,console]