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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Cave Story Engine 2 is a decompilation of Cave Story, ported from DirectX to SDL
 
 ## Disclaimer
 
-Cave Story Engine 2 is based off of the *original freeware release* by Studio Pixel, and is not based off of Nicalis' ports, and contains no extra features included in said ports (graphics, audio, and other changes)
+Cave Story Engine 2 is based off of the *original freeware release* by Studio Pixel, and is not based off of Nicalis' ports, and contains no extra features included in said ports (graphics, audio, and other changes).
 
 ## Dependencies
 
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ The main way to build the project is 'the Linux way':
 Just run 'make' in the base directory, preferably with some of the following settings:
 
 * RELEASE=1 to compile a release build (optimised, stripped, etc.)
-* STATIC=1 to produce a statically-linked executable (good for Windows builds)
+* STATIC=1 to produce a statically-linked executable (good for Windows builds, so you don't need to bundle DLL files)
 * JAPANESE=1 to enable the Japanese-language build (instead of the unofficial Aeon Genesis English translation)
 * FIX_BUGS=1 to fix certain bugs (see [src/Bug Fixes.txt](src/Bug%20Fixes.txt))
 * WINDOWS=1 to enable Windows-only features like a unique file/taskbar icon, and system font loading (needed for the font setting in Config.dat to do anything)
 * RASPBERRY_PI=1 to enable tweaks to improve performance on Raspberry Pis
-* NONPORTABLE=1 to enable bits of code that aren't portable, but needed for accuracy
+* NONPORTABLE=1 to enable bits of code that aren't portable, but are what the original game used
 
-Project files for Visual Studio 2003 are also available, in the 'msvc2003' directory.
+Project files for Visual Studio 2003 are also available, in the 'msvc2003' directory (VS2003 was what Pixel used to compile the original EXE).
 
 ## Running