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 ## 0.5.1 - TBD
 
-The main focus of this release is performance improvements. Cyclone is now able to run the benchmarks in [ecraven's R7RS suite](http://ecraven.github.io/r7rs-benchmarks/benchmark.html) over 12% faster than in the previous release.
+The main focus of this release is performance. Cyclone is now able to run the benchmarks in [ecraven's R7RS suite](http://ecraven.github.io/r7rs-benchmarks/benchmark.html) over 12% faster than in the previous release.
 
 Features