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@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 	% git submodule update
 	% make install
 
-Note that if you commit in any of the submodules, you’ll need to do a `git submodule update` in the parent repository.
+Note that if you commit in any of the submodules, you’ll need to do a `git submodule update` in the parent repository to resynchronise the submodule pointer.