diff --git a/examples/systemd/README.md b/examples/systemd/README.md
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 If you are using distribution packages or the copr repository, you don't need to deal with these files!
 
 The unit files (`*.service` and `*.socket`) in this directory are to be put into `/etc/systemd/system`.
-It needs a user named `node_exporter`, whose shell should be `/sbin/nologin` and should not have any special privileges.
+It requires a user named `node_exporter`, whose shell should be `/sbin/nologin` and who should not have any special privileges.
 It needs a sysconfig file in `/etc/sysconfig/node_exporter`.
 It needs a directory named `/var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector`, whose owner should be `node_exporter`:`node_exporter`.
 A sample file can be found in `sysconfig.node_exporter`.