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 machines (under `/foo/bar/`).  You can then either just rename it to
 `tools`, or create a symlink called `tools` that points to it.
 
-Paying attention to this most likely bite you the first time you untar
-a bootstrap tarball to perform a full build.  DAMHIKT.
+This most likely bite you the first time you untar a bootstrap tarball
+to perform a full build.  DAMHIKT.
 
 
 ## Building The Bootstrap Image