diff --git a/core/sync/atomic.odin b/core/sync/atomic.odin
index 7e514a6b4..f680c7aa3 100644
--- a/core/sync/atomic.odin
+++ b/core/sync/atomic.odin
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ multiple memory locations between two cores. Which is why CPU's allow for
 stronger memory ordering guarantees if certain instructions or instruction
 variants are used.
 
-In Odin there are 5 different memory ordering guaranties that can be provided
+In Odin there are 5 different memory ordering guarantees that can be provided
 to an atomic operation:
 
 - `Relaxed`: The memory access (load or store) is unordered with respect to
@@ -450,4 +450,4 @@ the load operation, if the comparison fails. The memory ordering for these
 operations is as specified by the `success` and `failure` parameters
 respectively.
 */
-atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit :: intrinsics.atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit
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+atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit :: intrinsics.atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit