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 === Model snapshot resources
 
 Model snapshots are saved to disk periodically.
-By default, this is occurs approximately every 3 hours to 4 hours and is
+By default, this occurs approximately every 3 hours to 4 hours and is
 configurable with the `background_persist_interval` property.
 
 By default, model snapshots are retained for one day (twenty-four hours). You