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@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ \chapter{Changes to this Document}\label{sec:changelog}
 \section{Version 1.6}
 \label{changelog:v1.6}
 Major changes in \openshmem[1.6] include the addition of inclusive and
-exclusive scan operations, session routines, support for multiple
+exclusive scan collective operations, session routines, support for multiple
 initialization and finalization calls, interleaved block transfer APIs,
 signal add and set APIs, and the
 \FUNC{shmem\_team\_ptr} function.