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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ It is meant to be used in conjunction with Geant ACME infrastructure
 
 ## usage
 
-you can run the tool as following:
+you can use the tool as following:
 
 ```bash
 acme-downloader --vault-token=<VAULT-TOKEN> --redis-token=<REDIS_TOKEN> \