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+Corrected a typo in the `systemd-with-workers` documentation.
diff --git a/docs/systemd-with-workers/README.md b/docs/systemd-with-workers/README.md

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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ There is no need for a separate configuration file for the master process.
 1. Adjust synapse configuration files as above.
 1. Copy the `*.service` and `*.target` files in [system](system) to
 `/etc/systemd/system`.
-1. Run `systemctl deamon-reload` to tell systemd to load the new unit files.
+1. Run `systemctl daemon-reload` to tell systemd to load the new unit files.
 1. Run `systemctl enable matrix-synapse.service`. This will configure the
 synapse master process to be started as part of the `matrix-synapse.target`
 target.