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 ## Persistent Volumes
 Minikube supports [PersistentVolumes](http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/persistent-volumes/) of type `hostPath`.
-These PersistentVolumes are mapped to a directory inside the minikube VM.
+These PersistentVolumes are mapped to a directory inside the Minikube VM.
 
 The Minikube VM boots into a tmpfs, so most directories will not be persisted across reboots (`minikube stop`).
-However, Minikube is configured to persist files stored under the following directories in the minikube VM:
+However, Minikube is configured to persist files stored under the following directories in the Minikube VM:
 
 * `/data`
 * `/var/lib/localkube`