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@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ TypeScript language, so we use [io-ts] to statically type this runtime data.
 [io-ts-http] builds on top of io-ts to define codecs that translate between HTTP
 requests and plain old JavaScript objects. Additionally, it provides a way to group
 these codecs into route definitions, and then collect the route definitions into an API.
-The resulting API definitions may then be used on the [client] and [server] to have
-type-checked and runtime-validated HTTP calls in a standardized manner.
+Use the resulting API definitions on the [client] and [server] to provide standardized
+HTTP calls that are type checked and runtime validated.
 
 [an explicit non-goal]:
   https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/TypeScript-Design-Goals#non-goals