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 ```
 
-> Note that `$(pwd)` is necessary when `hemlfile.yaml` has one or more sub-helmfiles in nested directories,
+> Note that `$(pwd)` is necessary when `helmfile.yaml` has one or more sub-helmfiles in nested directories,
 > because setting a relative file path in `--output-dir` or `--output-dir-template` results in each sub-helmfile render
 > to the directory relative to the specified path.