diff --git a/content/docs/deployment/ghpages/contents.lr b/content/docs/deployment/ghpages/contents.lr
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--- a/content/docs/deployment/ghpages/contents.lr
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@@ -44,17 +44,17 @@ with behavior for GitHub Pages.
 
 ## CNAME Support
 
-If you want to use a [CNAME :ext](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNAME) with
-custom domain configured GitHub pages and Lektor you can provide the intended 
-CNAME with the `?cname` parameter:
+If you want to use a custom domain with GitHub pages (also known as a 
+[CNAME :ext](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNAME)), provide the intended 
+CNAME in the target URL using the `?cname` parameter:
 
 ```ini
 [servers.production]
 target = ghpages://your-user/your-repository?cname=www.example.com
 ```
 
-Note that this will overwrite your Github page's custom domain setting
-with given `?cname` parameter on every deployment.
+Note that this will overwrite whatever custom domain you may have set on
+GitHub with every deployment.
 
 For more information about how CNAMEs work with GitHub you can read about
 the feature in the GitHub help center: