diff --git a/gcc/README b/gcc/README
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This directory contains GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) version 2.96.
+This directory contains the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) version 2.96.
 It includes all of the support for compiling C, C++, Objective C, Fortran,
 Java, and Chill.