diff --git a/README b/README
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@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ backwards-incompatible changes introduced before version 1.0.
 
 SECURITY
 
-git-crypt is more secure that other transparent git encryption systems.
+git-crypt is more secure than other transparent git encryption systems.
 git-crypt encrypts files using AES-256 in CTR mode with a synthetic IV
 derived from the SHA-1 HMAC of the file.  This mode of operation is
 provably semantically secure under deterministic chosen-plaintext attack.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58a2a15..92c69ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ there may be backwards-incompatible changes introduced before version
 Security
 --------
 
-git-crypt is more secure that other transparent git encryption systems.
+git-crypt is more secure than other transparent git encryption systems.
 git-crypt encrypts files using AES-256 in CTR mode with a synthetic IV
 derived from the SHA-1 HMAC of the file.  This mode of operation is
 provably semantically secure under deterministic chosen-plaintext attack.