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@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ The built-in logging formatters are:
     [github.com/mattn/go-colorable](https://github.com/mattn/go-colorable).
   * When colors are enabled, levels are truncated to 4 characters by default. To disable
     truncation set the `DisableLevelTruncation` field to `true`.
-  * When outputting to a TTY, its often helpful to visually scan down a column where all the levels are the same width. Setting the `PadLevelText` field to `true` enables this behavior, by adding padding to the level text.
+  * When outputting to a TTY, it's often helpful to visually scan down a column where all the levels are the same width. Setting the `PadLevelText` field to `true` enables this behavior, by adding padding to the level text.
   * All options are listed in the [generated docs](https://godoc.org/github.com/sirupsen/logrus#TextFormatter).
 * `logrus.JSONFormatter`. Logs fields as JSON.
   * All options are listed in the [generated docs](https://godoc.org/github.com/sirupsen/logrus#JSONFormatter).