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@@ -4,22 +4,22 @@ This is the backend part of the techdocs plugin.
 
 ## Getting Started
 
-This backend plugin can be started in a standalone mode from directly in this package
-with `yarn start`. However, it will have limited functionality and that process is
+This backend plugin can be started in a standalone mode directly from in this package
+using `yarn start`. However, it will have limited functionality and that process is
 most convenient when developing the techdocs backend plugin itself.
 
-To evaluate TechDocs and have a greater amount of functionality available, instead do
+To evaluate TechDocs and have a greater amount of functionality available, instead do:
 
 ```bash
-# in one terminal window, run this from from the very root of the Backstage project
+# From your Backstage root directory
 cd packages/backend
 yarn start
 ```
 
 ## What techdocs-backend does
 
-This plugin is the backend part of the techdocs plugin. It provides serving and building of documentation for any entity.
-To configure various storage providers and building options, see http://backstage.io/docs/features/techdocs/configuration
+This provides serving and building of documentation for any entity.
+To configure various storage providers and building options, see http://backstage.io/docs/features/techdocs/configuration.
 
 The techdocs-backend re-exports the [techdocs-common](https://github.com/backstage/backstage/tree/master/packages/techdocs-common) package which has the features to prepare, generate and publish docs.
 The Publishers are also used to fetch the static documentation files and render them in TechDocs.