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@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ Troubleshooting issues on your own server
 This is an incomplete list of issues people have run into
 when installing TLJH on their own servers, and ways they
 have fixed them.
-Before trying any of them, also consider whether trying simply turning
-your server on and off again/deleting it and starting from scratch could
-solve the problem, it has done so on a surprisingly high number of
-occasions!
+Before trying any of them, also consider whether turning your machine on and off
+and/or deleting the VM and starting over could solve the problem;
+it has done so on a surprisingly high number of occasions!
 
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