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 ## Documentation
 ```
  - API description: inc/roctracer.h
- - Code exaple: test/MatrixTranspose/MatrixTranspose.cpp
+ - Code example: test/MatrixTranspose/MatrixTranspose.cpp
 ```
 
 ## To build and run test