Programming Ruby 3.2 (5th Edition): B1.0 page 248, missing are?

@noelrappin

page 248, second paragraph after the first code, line 3 : missing are ???

you to set up two special variables called CLEAN and CLOBBER, which initially an empty list
                                                                      -----> ^ <----- are ?

Should be : which initially are an empty list

Thanks!