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 # Nix support for financier
 
-This repository contains files for building [financier](https://gitlab.com/mpuppe/financier/).
+This repository contains files for building
+[financier](https://gitlab.com/mpuppe/financier/) with the
+[Nix](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/) package manager.
 
 You first need to generate the necessary Nix files:
 
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ bash generate.sh
 exit
 ```
 
-Afterwards, the distribution for financier can be build:
+Afterwards, the distribution for financier can be built:
 
 ``` bash
 nix-build dist.nix