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 ## More options
 
-- `--gzip` enables gizp compression for responses.
+- `--gzip` enables gzip compression for responses.
 - `--max=N` allows to set the maximum size of request (default 64k)
 - `--header` sets extra header(s) added to each proxied request
 - `--timeout.*` various timeouts for both server and proxy transport. See `timeout` section in [All Application Options](#all-application-options)