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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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@@ -55,11 +55,8 @@ solutions. The hope is for Matrix to act as the building blocks for a new
 generation of fully open and interoperable messaging and VoIP apps for the
 internet.
 
-Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core
-development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted.  It is intended to
-showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec in the context of a
-codebase and let you run your own homeserver and generally help bootstrap the
-ecosystem.
+Synapse is a Matrix "homeserver" implementation developed by the matrix.org core 
+team, written in Python 3/Twisted.
 
 In Matrix, every user runs one or more Matrix clients, which connect through to
 a Matrix homeserver. The homeserver stores all their personal chat history and
@@ -301,7 +298,7 @@ to install using pip and a virtualenv::
 
     python3 -m venv ./env
     source ./env/bin/activate
-    pip install -e ".[all,test]"
+    pip install -e ".[all,dev]"
 
 This will run a process of downloading and installing all the needed
 dependencies into a virtual env. If any dependencies fail to install,