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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Github action for deleting old versions of packages in the Github package regist
 This is very similar to [actions/delete-package-versions](https://github.com/actions/delete-package-versions)
 but targets a different use case.
 
-The actions works by getting at most 20 packages with at most the oldest 100 versions,
+The action works by getting at most 20 packages with at most the oldest 100 versions,
 applying the `version-pattern` and `keep` filters on them and then deleting the matching versions.
 
 > If you have more than 100 versions and none of the 100 oldest versions match, no packages will be deleted!