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@@ -56,16 +56,16 @@ From the command line:
 1. Install `grunt-cli` globally with `npm install -g grunt-cli`.
 2. Install the [necessary local dependencies](package.json) via `npm install`
 
-When completed, you'll be able to run the various Grunt commands provided.
+When completed, you'll be able to run the various Grunt commands provided from the command line.
 
 **Unfamiliar with `npm`? Don't have node installed?** That's a-okay. npm stands for [node packaged modules](http://npmjs.org/) and is a way to manage development dependencies through node.js. [Download and install node.js](http://nodejs.org/download/) before proceeding.
 
 ### Available Grunt commands
 
 #### Build - `grunt`
-`grunt` runs the Recess compiler to rebuild the `/less` files and compile the docs. **Requires recess and uglify-js.**
+Run `grunt` to run tests locally and compile the CSS and JavaScript into `/dist`. **Requires recess and uglify-js.**
 
-#### Compile CSS, and JavaScript - `grunt dist`
+#### Only compile CSS and JavaScript - `grunt dist`
 `grunt dist` creates the `/dist` directory with compiled files. **Requires recess and uglify-js.**
 
 #### Tests - `grunt test`