diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ As a common example, if you sleep all of your staging/ephemeral deployments for
       - name: your-app-ingress
 
         # (optional, defaults to all deployments) specify which deployments
-        # must be up to wake this ingress
+        # must be ready to wake this ingress
         requires:
           deployments:
           - name: your-app-frontend
@@ -127,4 +127,4 @@ Wondering how to best use Snorlax? Have questions or ideas for new features?
 
 I'd love to hear, and maybe even build them! Reach out to me at:
 
-<img src="./proxy/static/readme-email-address.png" alt="Contact" width="300">
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+<img src="./proxy/static/readme-email-address.png" alt="Contact" width="300">