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 # About Mermaid
 
-**Mermaid lets you create diagrams using text and code.** This simplifies the maintenance of complex diagrams. It is a Javascript based diagramming and charting tool that renders Markdown-inspired text definitions to create and modify diagrams dynamically. An alternative to Visio and other Diagramming tools.
+**Mermaid lets you create diagrams and visualizations using text and code.**
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+It is a Javascript based diagramming and charting tool that renders Markdown-inspired text definitions to create and modify diagrams dynamically. 
 
 >If you are familiar with Markdown you should have no problem learning [Mermaid's Syntax](./n00b-syntaxReference.md).
 
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 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mermaid-js/mermaid.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mermaid-js/mermaid) [![NPM](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/mermaid)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mermaid) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/mermaid-js/mermaid/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/mermaid-js/mermaid?branch=master) [![Join our Slack!](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?message=join%20chat&color=9cf&logo=slack&label=slack)](https://join.slack.com/t/mermaid-talk/shared_invite/enQtNzc4NDIyNzk4OTAyLWVhYjQxOTI2OTg4YmE1ZmJkY2Y4MTU3ODliYmIwOTY3NDJlYjA0YjIyZTdkMDMyZTUwOGI0NjEzYmEwODcwOTE) [![This project is using Percy.io for visual regression testing.](https://percy.io/static/images/percy-badge.svg)](https://percy.io/Mermaid/mermaid)
 
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-The main purpose of Mermaid is to help Documentation catch up with Development.
+The main purpose of Mermaid is to help with Visualizing Documentation, and helping it catch up with Development.
 > Documentation-Rot is a Catch-22 that Mermaid helps to solve.
 
 Diagramming and Documentation costs precious developer time and gets outdated quickly.