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@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ DEPENDENCIES
 
 - KiCad version 5.1.6 for macOS.  Results with previous or subsequent versions
   will likely vary.
-- kipy (https://git.alt-tek.com/alt-tek/kipy) is required to generate board
-  plots with plot.py and is thus also required to generate releases
+- kipy (https://git.alt-tek.com/alt-tek/kipy) is useful to simplify executing
+  scripts with KiCad's Python environment.  It is required to generate board
+  plots with plot.py for releases.
 - tea (https://gitea.com/gitea/tea) is required to generate releases.  Install
   and write your API token to ~/.config/git.alt-tek.com/api-token.  Restrict
   access to your API token by setting its file permissions accordingly