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@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ The docker image is designed to run by mounting either the fail2ban sqlite3 data
 
 Both paths can be mounted with readonly (`ro`) permissions.
 
-**NOTE:** While it is possible to mount the `fail2ban.sock` file directly, I recommend mounting the parent folder instead.
-The `.sock` file is deleted by fail2ban on shutdown and then re-created on startup and this causes problems for the docker mount.
+**NOTE:** While it is possible to mount the `fail2ban.sock` file directly, it is recommended to mount the parent folder instead.
+The `.sock` file is deleted by fail2ban on shutdown and re-created on startup and this causes problems for the docker mount.
 See [this reply](https://gitlab.com/hectorjsmith/fail2ban-prometheus-exporter/-/issues/11#note_665003499) for more details.
 
 ### 3.2. Docker run