diff --git a/doc/ring/coercion.md b/doc/ring/coercion.md
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--- a/doc/ring/coercion.md
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@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Spec problems are exposed as-is into request & response coercion errors, enablin
 
 ### Optimizations
 
-The coercion middleware are [compiled againts a route](compiling_middleware.md). In the middleware compilation step the actual coercer implementations are constructed for the defined models. Also, the middleware doesn't mount itself if a route doesn't have `:coercion` and `:parameters` or `:responses` defined.
+The coercion middleware are [compiled against a route](compiling_middleware.md). In the middleware compilation step the actual coercer implementations are constructed for the defined models. Also, the middleware doesn't mount itself if a route doesn't have `:coercion` and `:parameters` or `:responses` defined.
 
 We can query the compiled middleware chain for the routes: