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@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Done. Your server is now running the new proxy.
 
 The proxy includes a key cache, as well as a DNS cache to significantly reduce the load on upstream servers.
 
-In addition, if a server is slow or unresponsive, expired cached queries will be returned, improving reliabilitty of popular domain names.
+In addition, if a server is slow or unresponsive, expired cached queries will be returned, ensuring that popular domain names always keep being served.
 
 ## State file
 
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ The proxy creates and updates a file named `encrypted-dns.state` by default. Tha
 
 Do not delete the file, unless you want to change parameters (such as the provider name), and keep it secret, or the keys will be lost.
 
-Putting it in a directory that is only readable by the super-user is not a bad idea.
\ No newline at end of file
+Putting it in a directory that is only readable by the super-user is not a bad idea.