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@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ bash -c './hello.com'  # zsh/fish workaround (we patched them in 2021)
 ```
 
 Since we used the `ape-no-modify-self.o` bootloader (rather than
-`ape.o`) your executable will not modify itself when it's run. What
-it'll instead do, is extract a 4kb program to `${TMPDIR:-${HOME:-.}}`
+`ape.o`) your executable will not modify itself when it's run. Instead,
+it will extract a 4kb program to `${TMPDIR:-${HOME:-.}}`
 that maps your program into memory without needing to copy it. It's
 possible to install the APE loader systemwide as follows.