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@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class="flag">flags</code> (specified on the command-line) that control them.
         <p class='name'><strong>Time Zone</strong></p>
         <p class="description">
             Set the time zone for site generation. This sets the <code>TZ</code>
-            shell environment variable, which Ruby uses to handle time and date
+            environment variable, which Ruby uses to handle time and date
             creation and manipulation. Any entry from the
             <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tz_database">IANA Time Zone
             Database</a> is valid, e.g. <code>America/New_York</code>. The default