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@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ llvm/tools and builds the entire tree. It also builds a modified LLVM C-Backend,
 to generate OpenCL kernels for GPUs.
 
 In the beginning of the building process, the installer provides users the choice of automatically or manually building HPVM. 
-If HPVM is selected to be automatically built, the installer allows users to type in the number of threads they want to use. 
-The default number of threads used to build HPVM is 2.
+If HPVM is selected to be built automatically, the installer allows users to type in the number of threads they want to use. 
+The default number of threads used to build HPVM is two.
 
 Alternatively, CMake can be run manually.
 ```shell
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ current directory.
 bash scripts/automate_tests.sh
 ```
 
-With all the aforementioned steps, HPVM should be built, installed and ready for use.
+With all the aforementioned steps, HPVM should be built, installed, tested and ready to use.
 
 ## Benchmarks and Tests
 We are providing the following [HPVM benchmarks](/hpvm/test/benchmarks):