diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 \
      -map [v5] output.mp4
 ```
 
-Maybe this looks great to you, but if you haven't worked with FFmpeg before, it probably looks pretty alien.
+Maybe this looks great to you, but if you're not an FFmpeg command-line expert, it probably looks pretty alien.
 
 If you're like me and find Python to be powerful and readable, it's easy with `ffmpeg-python`:
 ```