@cindex Storing archives in compressed format
@GNUTAR{} is able to create and read compressed archives. It supports
-@command{gzip} and @command{bzip2} compression programms. For backward
+@command{gzip} and @command{bzip2} compression programs. For backward
compatibilty, it also supports @command{compress} command, although
we strongly recommend against using it, since there is a patent
covering the algorithm it uses and you could be sued for patent