diff --git a/docs/configuring-playbook-base-domain-serving.md b/docs/configuring-playbook-base-domain-serving.md
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--- a/docs/configuring-playbook-base-domain-serving.md
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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Serving the base domain (optional)
 
-By default, this playbook sets up services on your Matrix server (`matrix.example.com`). To have this server officially be responsible for Matrix services for the base domain (`example.com`), you need to set up server delegation / redirection.
+By default, this playbook sets up services on your Matrix server (`matrix.example.com`), but has it configured so that it presents itself as the base domain (`example.com`). To have this server officially be responsible for Matrix services for the base domain (`example.com`), you need to set up server delegation / redirection.
 
-As we discuss in [Server Delegation](howto-server-delegation.md), server delegation / redirection can be configured in either way:
+As we discuss in [Server Delegation](howto-server-delegation.md), server delegation / redirection can be configured in either of these ways:
 
 - Setting up a `/.well-known/matrix/server` file on the base domain (`example.com`)
 - Setting up a `_matrix._tcp` DNS SRV record