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 ### Branch
 
 - master: For v1 development.
-- v0.12: For v0.12. This is deprecated version. we already stopped supporting (See https://www.fluentd.org/blog/drop-schedule-announcement-in-2019).
+- v0.12: For v0.12. This is a deprecated version. we already stopped supporting (See https://www.fluentd.org/blog/drop-schedule-announcement-in-2019).
 
 ### Prerequisites