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-This crate provides an async version of [`std`]. It provides all the interfaces you are used to, but async and ready for Rusts `async/await`-syntax.
+This crate provides an async version of [`std`]. It provides all the interfaces you are used to, but in an async version and ready for Rust's `async/await`-syntax.
 
 [`std`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/index.html