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@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@
 ### About ITS
 
 ITS, the Incompatible Timesharing System, is an operating system for
-the PDP-10 computer family.  It was written by hackers at MIT in the
+the PDP-10 computer family.  It was created by hackers at MIT in the
 1960s.  The MIT site was shut down in 1990, but enthusiasts continue
 to operate ITS systems to this day.
 
 ### About this project
 
+This repository contains source code, tools, and scripts to build an
+ITS system from scratch.
+
 The goals are:
 
 - To provide an automated build from start to end.  No user
@@ -37,10 +40,7 @@ See the [`doc` subdirectory](doc) for documentation.
 
 There's a [DDT cheat sheet](doc/DDT.md) for Unix users.
 
-### Building it from scratch
-
-This repository contains source code, tools, and scripts to build ITS
-from scratch.
+### Build procedure
 
 1. First, magnetic tape images are created from files in `src` and
    `bin`.  There are two bootable tapes, and two tapes with files in