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@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ By default, GitHub does not lay out the cards side by side. To do that, you can
 
 For deploying your own instance of GitHub Readme Stats, you will need to create a GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT). Below are the steps to create one and the scopes you need to select for both classic and fine-grained tokens.
 
-Selecting the right scopes for your token is important in case you want to display private contributions on your stats card. 
+Selecting the right scopes for your token is important in case you want to display private contributions on your cards.
 
 ### Classic token