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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ patching before becoming fully functional.
 
 on most Linux distros with podman properly installed and configured,
 it should suffice to run [`./build-all`][ba] in the root of the repository.
-binaries are output to the `out/` directory upon success.
+binaries are copied to the `out/` directory upon success.
 
 [ba]: https://eaguru.guru/git/notwa/stargazing/src/branch/galaxy/build-all