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 ### Promisify
 
-Creates a promise version of the given callback-style function. In Node 8+, you
+Creates a promisified version of the given callback-style function. In Node 8+, you
 can use [`util.promisify`](https://nodejs.org/api/util.html#util_util_promisify_original)
 
 ```js
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 ### Promisify
 
-Creates a promise version of the given callback-style function. In Node 8+, you
+Creates a promisified version of the given callback-style function. In Node 8+, you
 can use [`util.promisify`](https://nodejs.org/api/util.html#util_util_promisify_original)
 
 ```js