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@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ Note that mlblive does not provide sub-commands for every endpoint, or flags
 for every parameter of every endpoint. The functionality provided was
 prioritized based on the author's own needs. However, the author has made every
 effort to make the current functionality's code easy to read, and hopes it will
-be similarly easy for other developers to duplicate this code for extending
-functionality as needed.
+be similarly easy for other developers to extend functionality as needed.
 
 ### subscribe sub-command
 `mlblive subscribe` provides an efficient way to obtain live data on active MLB