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@@ -5,26 +5,27 @@ Psycopg -- PostgreSQL database adapter for Python
 .. sectionauthor:: Daniele Varrazzo <daniele.varrazzo@gmail.com>
 
 Psycopg_ is a PostgreSQL_ database adapter for the Python_ programming
-language.  Its main advantages are that it supports the full Python |DBAPI|_
+language.  Its main features are that it supports the full Python |DBAPI|_
 and it is thread safe (threads can share the connections). It was designed for
 heavily multi-threaded applications that create and destroy lots of cursors and
-make a conspicuous number of concurrent :sql:`INSERT`\ s or :sql:`UPDATE`\ s.
+make a large number of concurrent :sql:`INSERT`\ s or :sql:`UPDATE`\ s.
 The Psycopg distribution includes ZPsycopgDA, a Zope_ Database Adapter.
 
-Psycopg 2 features complete libpq_ v3 protocol, client-side and
-:ref:`server-side <server-side-cursors>` cursors, :ref:`asynchronous
-communication <async-support>` and :ref:`notifications <async-notify>`,
-|COPY-TO-FROM|__ and a flexible :ref:`objects adaptation system
+Psycopg 2 is mostly implemented in C as a libpq_ wrapper, resulting in being
+both efficient and secure. It features client-side and :ref:`server-side
+<server-side-cursors>` cursors, :ref:`asynchronous communication
+<async-support>` and :ref:`notifications <async-notify>`, |COPY-TO-FROM|__
+support, and a flexible :ref:`objects adaptation system
 <python-types-adaptation>`. Many basic Python types are supported
 out-of-the-box and mapped to matching PostgreSQL data types, such as strings
-(both bytes and Unicode), numbers (ints, longs, floats, decimals), booleans,
+(both bytes and Unicode), numbers (ints, longs, floats, decimals), booleans and
 datetime objects (both built-in and `mx.DateTime`_), several types of
 :ref:`binary objects <adapt-binary>`. Also available are mappings between lists
-and PostgreSQL arrays of any supported type, :ref:`dictionaries and PostgreSQL
-hstore <adapt-hstore>`, :ref:`tuples/namedtuples and PostgreSQL composite types
-<adapt-composite>`.
+and PostgreSQL arrays of any supported type, between :ref:`dictionaries and
+PostgreSQL hstores <adapt-hstore>`, and between :ref:`tuples/namedtuples and
+PostgreSQL composite types <adapt-composite>`.
 
-Psycopg 2 is Unicode and Python 3 friendly.
+Psycopg 2 is both Unicode and Python 3 friendly.
 
 
 .. _Psycopg: http://initd.org/psycopg/