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 ## Usage
 
+As a general rule clippy will only work with the *latest* Rust nightly for now.
+
 ### As a Compiler Plugin
 
-Compiler plugins are highly unstable and will only work with a *recent* nightly
-Rust for now.  Since stable Rust is backwards compatible, you should be able to
+Since stable Rust is backwards compatible, you should be able to
 compile your stable programs with nightly Rust with clippy plugged in to
 circumvent this.