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 #### Setup a stand-alone proxy server with custom server logic
-This example show how you can proxy a request using your own HTTP server
+This example shows how you can proxy a request using your own HTTP server
 and also you can put your own logic to handle the request.
 
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 #### Using HTTPS
-You can activate the validation of a secure SSL certificate to the target connection (avoid self signed certs), just set `secure: true` in the options.
+You can activate the validation of a secure SSL certificate to the target connection (avoid self-signed certs), just set `secure: true` in the options.
 
 ##### HTTPS -> HTTP