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 Nimflux
 =======
 
-InfluxDB API client library for Nim.
-
-Nimflux provides the InfluxClient type for communicating with the InfluxDB API.
-InfluxClient can be used to `ping`, `write`, `query`, or send a custom `request`.
-The DataPoint type is used to create measurements for `write`, although it is
-also possible use your own Line Protocol string.
+Nimflux is an InfluxDB API client library for Nim that can be used to `ping`,
+`write`, `query`, or send custom `request`s. The `DataPoint` type is used to
+easily create measurements for `write`, but it's also possible to send your own
+Line Protocol string should the need arise.
 
 ```nim
 import nimflux
@@ -22,7 +20,7 @@ resp = client.query("select * from temp")
 echo resp.body
 ```
 
-It also supports asynchronous actions through `AsyncInfluxClient`:
+Asynchronous actions are also supported through `AsyncInfluxClient`:
 
 ```nim
 import asyncdispatch, nimflux