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+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/administration/network-problems.xml
@@ -6,20 +6,11 @@
  <title>Network Problems</title>
 
  <para>
-  Nix uses a so-called <emphasis>binary cache</emphasis> to optimise building a
-  package from source into downloading it as a pre-built binary. That is,
-  whenever a command like <command>nixos-rebuild</command> needs a path in the
-  Nix store, Nix will try to download that path from the Internet rather than
-  build it from source. The default binary cache is
-  <uri>https://cache.nixos.org/</uri>. If this cache is unreachable, Nix
-  operations may take a long time due to HTTP connection timeouts. You can
-  disable the use of the binary cache by adding <option>--option
-  use-binary-caches false</option>, e.g.
+  Nix uses a so-called <emphasis>binary cache</emphasis> to optimise building a package from source into downloading it as a pre-built binary. That is, whenever a command like <command>nixos-rebuild</command> needs a path in the Nix store, Nix will try to download that path from the Internet rather than build it from source. The default binary cache is <uri>https://cache.nixos.org/</uri>. If this cache is unreachable, Nix operations may take a long time due to HTTP connection timeouts. You can disable the use of the binary cache by adding <option>--option use-binary-caches false</option>, e.g.
 <screen>
 # nixos-rebuild switch --option use-binary-caches false
 </screen>
-  If you have an alternative binary cache at your disposal, you can use it
-  instead:
+  If you have an alternative binary cache at your disposal, you can use it instead:
 <screen>
 # nixos-rebuild switch --option binary-caches http://my-cache.example.org/
 </screen>