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@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ The port for the RabbitMQ management interface.
 
 ####`management_ssl`
 
-Enable/Disable SSL for the maangement port.
+Enable/Disable SSL for the management port.
 Has an effect only if ssl => true.
 Default is true.
 Valid values are true or false.