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@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ Boost Format
 
 This is a very powerful library which supports both ``printf``-like format
 strings and positional arguments. Its main drawback is performance. According to
-various, benchmarks it is much slower than other methods considered here. Boost
+various benchmarks, it is much slower than other methods considered here. Boost
 Format also has excessive build times and severe code bloat issues (see
 `Benchmarks`_).