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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Go Micro is a framework for distributed systems development.
 ## Overview
 
 Go Micro provides the core requirements for distributed systems development including RPC and Event driven communication.
-The **Micro** philosophy is sane defaults with a pluggable architecture. We provide defaults to get you started quickly
+Our philosophy is sane defaults with a pluggable architecture. We provide defaults to get you started quickly
 but everything can be easily swapped out.
 
 ## Features