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 What is it?
 ===========
 
-This is a standalone implementation of fortify source[0].  It is libc-agnostic
-and simply overlays the system headers by using the #include_next extension found
-in GCC.  It was initially intended to be used on musl[1] based Linux distributions[2].
+This is a standalone implementation of fortify source[0].  It provides
+compile time buffer checks.  It is libc-agnostic and simply overlays the
+system headers by using the #include_next extension found in GCC.  It was
+initially intended to be used on musl[1] based Linux distributions[2].
 
 
 Features