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@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ skills with the repo, `--scope=personal` writes into your home config. A second
 install refreshes to the current skills and drops any it wrote before that no
 longer exist.
 
-Until the skills are published to npm, point install at a local checkout with
-`--skills-dir` or `GAFFA_SKILLS_DIR`.
+The install command fetches the published skills from npm. To use a local
+checkout instead, point it at one with `--skills-dir` or `GAFFA_SKILLS_DIR`.
 
 ### uninstall