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@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Our [Procfile script](./Procfile) will set up a local example cluster. Start it
 goreman start
 ```
 
-This will bring up 3 etcd members `infra1`, `infra2` and `infra3` and etcd `grpc-proxy`, which runs locally and composes a cluster.
+This will bring up 3 etcd members `infra1`, `infra2` and `infra3` and optionally etcd `grpc-proxy`, which runs locally and composes a cluster.
 
 Every cluster member and proxy accepts key value reads and key value writes.