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 ## Usage
 
-In it's simplest usage, you can pass one or more files or folders to the
+In its simplest usage, you can pass one or more files or folders to the
 `doctoc` command. This will update the TOCs of each file specified as well as of
 each markdown file found by recursively searching each folder. Below are some
 examples.