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@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The examples below construct plans with the raw `substrait.proto` and
 The ``substrait.proto`` module provides access to the classes
 that represent a substrait Plan, thus allowing to create new plans.
 
-Here is an example plan equivalent to ``SELECT first_name FROM person``
+Here is an example plan equivalent to ``SELECT first_name FROM people``
 where ``people`` table has ``first_name`` and ``surname`` columns of type ``String``
 
 ```