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 ## Organization of this Document
 
-This document is divided into two primary sections with a third section for
-additional notes. The first section explains the elements of the stream API that
-are required to *use* streams within an application. The second section explains
-the elements of the API that are required to *implement* new types of streams.
+This document contains two primary sections and a third section for notes. The
+first section explains how to use existing streams within an application. The
+second section explains how to create new types of streams.
 
 ## Types of Streams