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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ An rfc8259-compliant streaming json parser
 
 - SAX-style api
 - No memory allocations during parsing
-- O(1) stack memory usage
+- O(1) memory usage
 - Streaming api - no need to buffer the entire document in memory. Parsing is resumed when more data is available
 - Strings are unescaped in place before they're presented. No unicode normalization is performed
 - Robust to crashes with untrusted input