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 EasyPG is yet another GnuPG interface for Emacs.  It consists of two parts:
 
-- The EasyPG Assistant which provides basic GUI of GnuPG
-- The EasyPG library which directly interacts with GnuPG
+- "The EasyPG Assistant" which provides basic GUI of GnuPG
+- "The EasyPG Library" which enables use of various features of GnuPG
 
-NOTE: EasyPG is not a fork or a re-implementation of Gnus/PGG.
+NOTE: EasyPG is neither a fork nor a re-implementation of Gnus/PGG.
 
 * Requirements
 
-** GNU Emacs 21.4 or later, XEmacs 21.4 or later
+** GNU Emacs 21.4 or XEmacs 21.4
 
-** GnuPG 1.4.3 or later
+** GnuPG 1.4.3
 
 * Quick start
 
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ Add the following line to your ~/.emacs
 
   (require 'epa-setup)
 
-Then you can do some cryptographic operations on dired.
+Then you can browse your keyring by M-x epa-list-keys.  In addition,
+you can do some cryptographic operations on dired.
 
   M-x dired
   (mark some files)
@@ -41,13 +42,16 @@ subprocess.
 
 ** `(fillarray string 0)' is not enough to clear passphrases
 
-If Emacs crashed and dumps core, passphrase strings in memory are also
+If Emacs crashes and dumps core, Lisp strings in memory are also
 dumped within the core file.  `read-passwd' function clears passphrase
 strings by `(fillarray string 0)'.  However, Emacs performs compaction
 in gc_sweep phase.  If GC happens before `fillarray', passphrase
-strings may be moved elsewhere in memory.
+strings may be moved elsewhere in memory.  Therefore, passphrase
+caching in Elisp is generally a bad idea.  The EasyPG Library dares to
+disable passphrase caching.
+
+Fortunately, there is more secure way to cache passphrases - use
+gpg-agent.
 
-Fortunately, there is gpg-agent to cache passphrases in more secure
-way, so the EasyPG library dares *not* to cache passphrase by itself.
 Elisp programs can set `epg-context-passphrase-callback' to cache
-user's passphrases.
+user's passphrases, it is not recommended though.