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@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ Open source web page monitoring, notification and change detection.
 
 Know when ...
 - Products and services have a change in pricing
-- Government department updates (changes are often only on their websites)
-- Local government news (changes are often only on their websites)
+- Governmental department updates (changes are often only on their websites)
 - New software releases, security advisories when you're not on their mailing list.
 - Festivals with changes
 - Realestate listing changes
@@ -29,8 +28,8 @@ Know when ...
 - Detect and monitor changes in JSON API responses 
 - API monitoring and alerting
 - Trigger API calls via notifications when text appears on a website
-- Glue together API's using the JSON filter and JSON notifications
- 
+- Glue together APIs using the JSON filter and JSON notifications
+
 _Need an actual Chrome runner with Javascript support? We support fetching via WebDriver!</a>_
 
 **Get monitoring now! super simple.**