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 # Initialization and Teardown
 
 ## Initialization
-The s2n-tls library must be initialized with `s2n_init()` before calling most library functions. `s2n_init()` will error if it is called more than once, even when an application uses multiple threads or processes.
+The s2n-tls library must be initialized with `s2n_init()` before calling most library functions. `s2n_init()` will error if it is called more than once, even when an application uses multiple threads.
 
 Initialization can be modified by calling `s2n_crypto_disable_init()` or `s2n_disable_atexit()` before `s2n_init()`.
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ If you are trying to use FIPS mode, you must enable FIPS in your libcrypto libra
 
 ## Teardown
 ### Thread-local Memory
-We recommend calling `s2n_cleanup()` from every thread or process created after `s2n_init()` to ensure there are no memory leaks. s2n-tls has thread-local memory that it attempts to clean up automatically at thread-exit. However, this is done using pthread destructors and may not work if you are using a threads library other than pthreads. 
+We recommend calling `s2n_cleanup()` from every thread created after `s2n_init()` to ensure there are no memory leaks. s2n-tls has thread-local memory that it attempts to clean up automatically at thread-exit. However, this is done using pthread destructors and may not work if you are using a threads library other than pthreads.
 
 ### Library Cleanup
 A full cleanup and de-initialization of the library can be done by calling `s2n_cleanup_final()`. s2n-tls allocates some memory at initialization that is intended to live for the duration of the process, but can be cleaned up earlier with `s2n_cleanup_final()`. Not calling this method may cause tools like ASAN or valgrind to detect memory leaks, as the memory will still be allocated when the process exits.