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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ With EasyCloud, a user can:
 * gather metrics data from instances and send them into multiple sinks (e.g., save them in plain CSV files or in a [Redis](https://www.redis.io) data store, or publish them to [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org), or even to push them on third-party monitoring systems like [Prometheus](https://www.prometheus.io))
 * create/manage policies in order to prevent faults (i.e., "if the CPU utilization is higher than XX %, then clone it")
 
-Please cite one of the following paper if you use EasyCloud:
+Please cite one of the following papers if you use EasyCloud:
 
 > Cosimo Anglano, Massimo Canonico, and Marco Guazzone.
 > *EasyCloud: Multi-clouds made easy*