diff --git a/09.md b/09.md
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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Relays SHOULD delete or stop publishing any referenced events of the deletion re
 
 Relays SHOULD continue to publish/share the deletion events indefinitely, as clients may already have the event that's intended to be deleted. 
 
-Clients SHOULD hide or otherwise indicate a deletion status for referenced events.
+Clients SHOULD hide or otherwise indicate a deleted status for referenced events.
 
 Clients SHOULD broadcast deletion events to other relays which don't have it.