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 ## The Rust compiler
 
-Servo uses a snapshot Rust compiler to build itself. This is normally a
-specific revision of Rust upstream, but sometimes has a backported patch or
-two. If you'd like to know the snapshot revision of Rust which we use, see
+Servo automatically downloads a snapshot Rust compiler to build itself.
+This is normally a specific revision of Rust upstream, but sometimes has a
+backported patch or two.
+If you'd like to know the snapshot revision of Rust which we use, see
 `./rust-snapshot-hash`.
 
 ## Building