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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Auto-adjusts cake (or similar qdisc with bandwidth option) for your upload based
 ## How it works
 
 `upload-baker` monitors your latency to a configurable host periodically.
-As soon as the latency goes above the configured value (e.g. 50ms), it throttles the upload bandwidth.
+As soon as the latency goes above the configured value (e.g. 50ms), it throttles the upload bandwidth to keep your ping stable.
 
 ### Examples
 Some examples below, recorded with telegraf & rendered with grafana.