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@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ for Linux.
 
 CKPOOL is code provided free of charge under the GPLv3 license but its development
 is mostly paid for by commissioned funding, and the pool by default contributes
-0.5% of solved blocks to the development team. Please consider leaving this
-contribution in the code or contributing to the authors listed in AUTHORS if you
-use this code to aid funding further development.
+0.5% of solved blocks in pool mode to the development team. Please consider leaving
+this contribution in the code if you are running it on a pool or contributing to the
+authors listed in AUTHORS if you use this code to aid funding further development.
 
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