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 # letsqlite -- monadic interface to sqlite3 for OCaml
 
 This library offers an interface to [sqlite3-ocaml][1] using monads
-and standard `let` statements.
+and monadic `let` statements.
 
 For example usage, see the test in `src/letsqlite.ml`. For
 documentation, refer to `src/letsqlite.mli`.