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 The `CDK_AWS_PARTITION` environment variable can be used to specify the AWS partition for the pipeline.
 If it's specified to `aws-cn`, the assets generated by pipeline will reference the resources in
-`.amazonaws.com.cn` instead of `.amazonaws.com.cn`.
+`.amazonaws.com.cn` instead of `.amazonaws.com`.
 
 If `CDK_AWS_PARTITION` environment variable is not specified, the default behaviour for the pipeline is
 to use the `aws` partition.