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 We provide the following mechanisms:
 
 * `./build -b data/br2`: append the Buildroot configuration file `data/br2` to a single build. Must be passed every time you run `./build`. The format is the same as link:br2[].
-* `./build -B 'BR2_SOM_OPTION="myval"'`: append a single option to a single build.
+* `./build -B 'BR2_SOME_OPTION="myval"'`: append a single option to a single build.
 
 You will then likely want to make those more permanent with: <<retype>>