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 ## Generating public and private keys
 
-The public/private key pair is used to sign and verify JWTs transmitted. The _Authorization Server_ possesses the public key to sign tokens and the _Resource Server_ possesses the corresponding private key to verify the signatures. To generate the private key run this command on the terminal:
+The public/private key pair is used to sign and verify JWTs transmitted. The _Authorization Server_ possesses the private key to sign tokens and the _Resource Server_ possesses the corresponding public key to verify the signatures. To generate the private key run this command on the terminal:
 
 ~~~ shell
 openssl genrsa -out private.key 2048