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 =head1 NAME
 
-dunst - dmenu-ish universal notification system
+dunst - dmenu-ish notification-daemon
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
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 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-dunst is a lightweight notification-daemon for the libnotify. dunst
-displays messages received via dbus or as commandline argument in a
-fashion similar to dmenu.
+Dunst is a highly configurable and lightweight notification-daemon.
 
 =head1 OPTIONS