diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Here's an example of using the Python library, complete with caching results::
       hist_rate = rate.Rate.from_json_file(json_response)
   if loader.should_cache():
       cache_writer.save_rate(hist_rate)
-  # Rates are available from the hist_rates.rates dict.
+  # Rates are available from the hist_rate.rates dict.
 
 Running tests
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