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@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ reordered to occur before it.
 
 When thread A releases a location in memory and then thread B subsequently
 acquires *the same* location in memory, causality is established. Every write
-that happened before A's release will be observed by B after its release.
+that happened before A's release will be observed by B after its acquisition.
 However no causality is established with any other threads. Similarly, no
 causality is established if A and B access *different* locations in memory.