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@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ needs to run at both <code>exit()</code> and
 both places.)</p>
 
 <p>As a result we only allow static variables to contain
-POD data. This rule completely disallows
+POD. This rule completely disallows
 <code>std::vector</code> (use C arrays instead), or
 <code>string</code> (use <code>const char []</code>).</p>