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 [![Build](https://travis-ci.org/auth0/express-jwt.png)](http://travis-ci.org/auth0/express-jwt)
 
-This module provides Express middleware for validating and decoding JWTs ([JSON Web Tokens](https://jwt.io)) through the [jsonwebtoken](https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken/) module. The decoded information is provided on the Express request object.
+This module provides Express middleware for validating JWTs ([JSON Web Tokens](https://jwt.io)) through the [jsonwebtoken](https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken/) module. The decoded JWT payload is available on the request object.
 
 ## Install