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@@ -1040,9 +1040,9 @@ to the same value.
 ## `maxBuffer` and Unicode
 
 It is important to keep in mind that the `maxBuffer` option specifies the
-largest number of *octets* allowed on `stdout` or `stderr` - if this value is
-exceeded then the child process is terminated. This particularly impacts
-output that includes multi-byte character encodings such as UTF-8 or UTF-16.
+largest number of *octets* allowed on `stdout` or `stderr`. If this value is
+exceeded, then the child process is terminated. This particularly impacts
+output that includes multibyte character encodings such as UTF-8 or UTF-16.
 For instance, the following will output 13 UTF-8 encoded octets to `stdout`
 although there are only 4 characters: