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 v1.3 (not released yet)
-* Drop Go 1.4 compatability. You now need Go 1.5 (released 2015-08-19)
+* Drop Go 1.4 compatibility. You now need Go 1.5 (released 2015-08-19)
   or higher to build gocryptfs.
 
 v1.2.1, 2017-02-26