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 ## Connecting Nagios
 
-Nagios utilizes the Nagions Remote Execution Protocol (NRPE) as an agent on each node to derive machine level details of the health and applications.
+Nagios utilizes the Nagios Remote Plugin Executor protocol (NRPE protocol) as an agent on each node to derive machine level details of the health and applications.
 
 ### New install of Nagios