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 ## Logging
 
 You can set the logging level or severity level of the messages to be logged with the
-environment variable `LOG_LEVEL`. Defaul value is info. Possible values are: debug,
+environment variable `LOG_LEVEL`. Default value is info. Possible values are: debug,
 info, notice, warning, err, crit, alert and emerg.
 
 ## Supported API versions