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@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ and Vim 8 while you edit your text files.
 ALE makes use of NeoVim and Vim 8 job control functions and timers to
 run linters on the contents of text buffers and return errors as
 text is changed in Vim. This allows for displaying warnings and
-errors in files being edited in Vim before file has been saved
-back to disk. In other words, this plugin allows you to lint while you type.
+errors in files being edited in Vim before files have been saved
+back to a filesystem.
+
+In other words, this plugin allows you to lint while you type.
 
 **NOTE:** This Vim plugin has been written pretty quickly so far,
 and is still in rapid development. Documentation and stable APIs will