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 ## Special note regarding version 8.2
 
-In version 8.2 a security improvement was introduced. A securityLevel configuration was introduced wich sets the level of trust to be used on the parsed diagrams.
+In version 8.2 a security improvement was introduced. A securityLevel configuration was introduced which sets the level of trust to be used on the parsed diagrams.
 
 * **true**: (default) tags in text are encoded, click functionality is disabled
 * false: tags in text are allowed, click functionality is enabledClosed issues: