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 ## Usage overview
 
-The XMTP message API revolves around a message API client (client) that allows retrieving and sending messages to other XMTP network participants. A client must connect to a wallet app on startup. If this is the very first time the client is created, the client will generate a identity with a encrypted local database to store and retrieve messages. Each additional log in will create a new installation if a local database is not present.
+The XMTP message API revolves around a message API client (client) that allows retrieving and sending messages to other XMTP network participants. A client must connect to a wallet app on startup. If this is the very first time the client is created, the client will generate an identity with an encrypted local database to store and retrieve messages. Each additional log in will create a new installation if a local database is not present.
 
 ```kotlin
 // You'll want to replace this with a wallet from your application.
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/org/xmtp/android/library/push/README.md b/library/src/main/java/org/xmtp/android/library/push/README.md
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Now that you have an FCM server set up, take a look at the `kotlin` folder in th
 
 These files can serve as the basis for what you might want to provide for your own notification server. This proto code from the example notification server has already been generated and add in the `xmtp-android` example app if you use the example notification server as is.
 
-**To run a example notification server:**
+**To run an example notification server:**
 
 1. Clone the [example-notification-server-go](https://github.com/xmtp/example-notification-server-go) repo.
 
@@ -112,4 +112,4 @@ These files can serve as the basis for what you might want to provide for your o
     XMTPPush(context, "10.0.2.2:8080").unsubscribe(conversations.map { it.topic })
     ```
    
-8. See example in [PushNotificationsService](https://github.com/xmtp/xmtp-android/blob/main/example/src/main/java/org/xmtp/android/example/pushnotifications/PushNotificationsService.kt) for how to decrypt the different messages.
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+8. See example in [PushNotificationsService](https://github.com/xmtp/xmtp-android/blob/main/example/src/main/java/org/xmtp/android/example/pushnotifications/PushNotificationsService.kt) for how to decrypt the different messages.