diff --git a/doc/basics.md b/doc/basics.md
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--- a/doc/basics.md
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@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ Direct Access to the Raw String
 
 The simdjson library makes explicit assumptions about types. For examples, numbers
 must be integers (up to 64-bit integers) or binary64 floating-point numbers. Some users
-have different needs. For example, some users might want to support big infloating-point number followed by an integer.tegers.
+have different needs. For example, or example, some users might want to support big integers.
 The library makes this possible by providing a `raw_json_token` method which returns
 a `std::string_view` instance containing the value as a string which you may then
 parse as you see fit.