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@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ Authors@R: c(
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-0250-5673"))
     )
 Description: Provides an R interface for 'SSW' (Striped Smith-Waterman)
-    via its 'Python' binding 'ssw-py'. 'SSW' is a fast C/C++ implementation
-    of the Smith-Waterman algorithm for pairwise sequence alignment
-    using Single-Instruction-Multiple-Data (SIMD) instructions.
+    via its 'Python' binding 'ssw-py'. 'SSW' is a fast 'C' and 'C++'
+    implementation of the Smith-Waterman algorithm for pairwise sequence
+    alignment using Single-Instruction-Multiple-Data (SIMD) instructions.
     'SSW' enhances the standard algorithm by efficiently returning alignment
     information and suboptimal alignment scores.
     The core 'SSW' library offers performance improvements for various
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Description: Provides an R interface for 'SSW' (Striped Smith-Waterman)
     structural variant detection, and read-overlap graph generation.
     These features make 'SSW' particularly useful for genomic applications.
     Zhao et al. (2013) <doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082138> developed the
-    original C/C++ implementation.
+    original 'C' and 'C++' implementation.
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 URL: https://nanx.me/ssw-r/, https://github.com/nanxstats/ssw-r
 BugReports: https://github.com/nanxstats/ssw-r/issues