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@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ The default and only other acceptable value for `.Spec.UpgradeStrategy` is `auto
 
 ### Deployment modes
 
-The `CustomResource` for the `OpenTelemetryCollector` exposes a property named `.Spec.Mode`, which can be used to specify whether the collector should run as a `DaemonSet`, `Sidecar`, or `Deployment` (default). Look at [this sample](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/blob/main/tests/e2e/daemonset-features/01-install.yaml) for reference.
+The `CustomResource` for the `OpenTelemetryCollector` exposes a property named `.Spec.Mode`, which can be used to specify whether the collector should run as a `DaemonSet`, `Sidecar`, `StatefulSet` or `Deployment` (default). Look at [this sample](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/blob/main/tests/e2e/daemonset-features/01-install.yaml) for a reference of `DaemonSet`.
 
 #### Sidecar injection
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ The possible values for the annotation can be:
 * "my-other-namespace/my-instrumentation" - name and namespace of `OpenTelemetryCollector` CR instance in another namespace.
 * "false" - do not inject
 
-When using a pod-based workload, such as `Deployment` or `Statefulset`, make sure to add the annotation to the `PodTemplate` part. Like:
+When using a pod-based workload, such as `Deployment` or `StatefulSet`, make sure to add the annotation to the `PodTemplate` part. Like:
 
 ```yaml
 kubectl apply -f - <<EOF