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 This Python library _lints_ HTTP messages; it checks them for correctness and reports any issues it finds.
 
-It has been extracted from [REDbot](https://redbot.org/), which will eventually depend upon it. Unlike REDbot, it does not perform any 'active' checks by making requests to the network, and it does not have a Web user interface.
+It performs all message-level checks for [REDbot](https://redbot.org/), but does not perform any 'active' checks by making requests to the network, and it does not have a Web user interface.
 
 
 ## Using httplint as a Library