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 ## Updating a pool
 
-Let's update the pool and request it maintaine a number of minimum idle runners equal to 3:
+Let's update the pool and request that it maintain a number of minimum idle runners equal to 3:
 
 ```bash
 ubuntu@experiments:~$ garm-cli pool update fb25f308-7ad2-4769-988e-6ec2935f642a \