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 ## Restart
 
-Puma includes the ability to restart itself, allowing for new versions to be easily upgraded to. When available (MRI, Rubinius, JRuby), puma performs a "hot restart". This is the same functionality available in *unicorn* and *nginx* which keep the server sockets open between restarts. This makes sure that no pending requests are dropped while the restart is taking place.
+Puma includes the ability to restart itself allowing easy upgrades to new versions. When available (MRI, Rubinius, JRuby), puma performs a "hot restart". This is the same functionality available in *unicorn* and *nginx* which keep the server sockets open between restarts. This makes sure that no pending requests are dropped while the restart is taking place.
 
 To perform a restart, there are 2 builtin mechanisms: