diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ message Msg{
 }
 ```
 
-You can interact with `Msg` as if it were a native Elixir structure. For example, note how the map `b` is translated into a [map](https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Map.html):
+You can interact with `Msg` as if it were a native Elixir structure. For example, note how the protobuf map `b` is translated into an Elixir [map](https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Map.html):
 
 ```elixir
 iex> msg = %Msg{a: 42, b: %{1 => "a map entry"}}