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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The app runs automatically on the port defined in `SERVICE_PORT` of `.env` file
 The app subscribes to RabbitMQ queues in order to log messages. We use the routing key with the given format : <**service**>.<**action**>.<**level**>, with :
 
 -   **service** : the name of the service that has emitted the message
--   **action** : the action that triggered the message (one or more words separated by a dot, last word should be )
+-   **action** : the action that triggered the message (one or more words separated by a dot, last word should be a past action)
 -   **level** : the severity (_log level_) of the message, as described in [RFC5424 syslog](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5424) :
     -   **emer** : Emergency: system is unusable
     -   **alert** : Alert: action must be taken immediately