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 #### External Relay Chain Node
-An external relay chain node is connected via WebsSocket RPC by using the `--relay-chain-rpc-urls` command line
+An external relay chain node is connected via WebSocket RPC by using the `--relay-chain-rpc-urls` command line
 argument. This option accepts one or more space-separated WebSocket URLs to a full relay chain node. By default, only
 the first URL will be used, with the rest as a backup in case the connection to the first node is lost.