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 [![Arch Linux package](https://img.shields.io/archlinux/v/community/x86_64/toolbox)](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/toolbox/)
 [![Fedora package](https://img.shields.io/fedora/v/toolbox/rawhide)](https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/toolbox/)
 
-[Toolbox](https://containertoolbx.org/) is a tool for Linux operating systems,
-which allows the use of containerized command line environments. It is built
-on top of [Podman](https://podman.io/) and other standard container
-technologies from [OCI](https://opencontainers.org/).
+[Toolbox](https://containertoolbx.org/) is a tool for Linux, which allows the
+use of interactive command line environments for development and
+troubleshooting the host operating system, without having to install software
+on the host. It is built on top of [Podman](https://podman.io/) and other
+standard container technologies from [OCI](https://opencontainers.org/).
+
+Toolbox environments have seamless access to the user's home directory,
+the Wayland and X11 sockets, networking (including Avahi), removable devices
+(like USB sticks), systemd journal, SSH agent, D-Bus, ulimits, /dev and the
+udev database, etc..
 
 This is particularly useful on
 [OSTree](https://ostree.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) based operating systems like
@@ -18,12 +24,12 @@ This is particularly useful on
 systems is to discourage installation of software on the host, and instead
 install software as (or in) containers — they mostly don't even have package
 managers like DNF or YUM. This makes it difficult to set up a development
-environment or install tools for debugging in the usual way.
+environment or troubleshoot the operating system in the usual way.
 
 Toolbox solves this problem by providing a fully mutable container within
-which one can install their favourite development and debugging tools, editors
-and SDKs. For example, it's possible to do `yum install ansible` without
-affecting the base operating system.
+which one can install their favourite development and troubleshooting tools,
+editors and SDKs. For example, it's possible to do `yum install ansible`
+without affecting the base operating system.
 
 However, this tool doesn't *require* using an OSTree based system. It works
 equally well on Fedora Workstation and Server, and that's a useful way to
@@ -31,11 +37,12 @@ incrementally adopt containerization.
 
 The toolbox environment is based on an [OCI](https://www.opencontainers.org/)
 image. On Fedora this is the `fedora-toolbox` image. This image is used to
-create a toolbox container that seamlessly integrates with the rest of the
-operating system by providing access to the user's home directory, the Wayland
-and X11 sockets, networking (including Avahi), removable devices (like USB
-sticks), systemd journal, SSH agent, D-Bus, ulimits, /dev and the udev
-database, etc..
+create a toolbox container that offers the interactive command line
+environment.
+
+Note that Toolbox makes no promise about security beyond what's already
+available in the usual command line environment on the host that everybody is
+familiar with.
 
 
 ## Installation & Use
@@ -43,4 +50,3 @@ database, etc..
 See our guides on
 [installing & getting started](https://containertoolbx.org/install/) with
 Toolbox and [Linux distro support](https://containertoolbx.org/distros/).
-