diff --git a/src/USER-QUIP/README b/src/USER-QUIP/README
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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-This package provides enables the pair_style quip command. This pair style 
-provides an interface to the QUIP/libAtoms MD framework, which includes a 
-variety of interatomic potentials, including the GAP potential.
+This package provides the pair_style quip command. This pair style
+provides an interface to the QUIP/libAtoms library, which includes a
+variety of interatomic potentials, including Gaussian Approximation  
+Potential (GAP) models.
 
 See lib/quip/README for more information on how to build LAMMPS
 with this package.