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Fix typo in Docker executors doc

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# The Docker executor
GitLab Runner can use Docker to run builds on user provided images. This is
GitLab Runner can use Docker to run jobs on user provided images. This is
possible with the use of **Docker** executor.
The **Docker** executor when used with GitLab CI, connects to [Docker Engine]
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## Workflow
The Docker executor divides the build into multiple steps:
The Docker executor divides the job into multiple steps:
1. **Prepare**: Create and start the services.
1. **Pre-build**: Clone, restore cache and download artifacts from previous
stages. This is run on a special Docker Image.
1. **Build**: User build. This is run on the user-provided docker image.
1. **Post-build**: Create cache, upload artifacts to GitLab. This is run on
1. **Prepare**: Create and start the [services](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/#services).
1. **Pre-job**: Clone, restore [cache](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/#cache)
and download [artifacts](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/#artifacts) from previous
stages. This is run on a special Docker image.
1. **Job**: User build. This is run on the user-provided Docker image.
1. **Post-job**: Create cache, upload artifacts to GitLab. This is run on
a special Docker Image.
The special Docker Image is based on [Alpine Linux] and contains all the tools
required to run the prepare step the build: the Git binary and the Runner
binary for supporting caching and artifacts. You can find the definition of
The special Docker image is based on [Alpine Linux] and contains all the tools
required to run the prepare, pre-job, and post-job steps, like the Git and the
Runner binaries for supporting caching and artifacts. You can find the definition of
this special image [in the official Runner repository][special-build].
## The `image` keyword
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