Index: docs/GettingStarted.rst
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      * ``Unix Makefiles`` --- for generating make-compatible parallel makefiles.
      * ``Ninja`` --- for generating `Ninja <http://martine.github.io/ninja/>`
-        build files.
+        build files, a speedier alternative to make.
      * ``Visual Studio`` --- for generating Visual Studio projects and
         solutions.
      * ``Xcode`` --- for generating Xcode projects.