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@@ -173,8 +173,7 @@ end
 
 Aliases
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-
-Aliases allow you to use named associations more easily.
+FactoryGirl allows you to define aliases to existing factories to make them easier to re-use. This could come in handy when, for example, your Post object has a author attribute that actually refers to an instance of a User class. While normally FactoryGirl can infer the factory name from the association name, in this case it will look for a author factory in vain. So, alias your user factory so it can be used under alias names.
 
 ```ruby
 factory :user, aliases: [:author, :commenter] do