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 This repository contains the source code and documentation for the HPVM Compiler Infrastructure.
 
 The README briefly describes how to get started with building and installing HPVM. It also provides a
-benchmark suite to test the HPVM infrastructure.
+benchmark suite to test the compiler infrastructure.
 
 ## Paper
 
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ Some common options that can be used with CMake are:
 
 In order to manually build and install HPVM, GNU Make can be run using the following.
 ```shell
-make -j<Number of threads>
-make installl
+make -j<number of threads>
+make install
 ```
 With all the aforementioned steps, HPVM should be built, installed and ready for use!