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 # LNAV -- The Logfile Navigator
 
-The Log File Navigator, **lnav** for short, is an advanced log file viewer
-for the small-scale.  It is a terminal application that can understand
-your log files and make it easy for you to find problems with little to
-no setup.
+The Log File Navigator, **lnav** for short, is a log file viewer for
+the terminal.
 
 ## Screenshot
 
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 style="float: right; max-width: 50%"}
 
 <div id="top-description">
-An advanced log file viewer for the small-scale
+A log file viewer for the terminal
 </div>
 
 <div id="intro">
-<p>Watch and analyze your log files from a terminal.</p>
+<p>Merge, tail, search, filter, and query log files with ease.</p>
 
 <p>No server. No setup. Still featureful.</p>