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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ You would only do this once after you cloned the repository.
 1.  `cd` into `steedos-core`.
 1.  We develop on the `develop` branch and release from the `master` branch. At
     this point, you should do initiate a `git checkout -t origin/develop`.
-1.  `yarn bootstrap` to init packages.
+1.  `yarn bootstrap` to bootstrap the packages in the current Lerna repo. Installs all of their dependencies and links any cross-dependencies.
 1.  `yarn` to bring in all the top-level dependencies.
 1.  Open the project in your editor of choice.