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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ MeGit intends to make it easy to just use EGit. It hence doesn't add any functio
 
 Download the archive for your operating system from the [releases](https://github.com/eclipsesource/megit/releases), unpack the archive and run the `megit` or `megit.exe`. You'll need to select a workspace location to store your metadata.
 
-MeGit requires Java 17 or higher to be installed on your system.
+MeGit requires Java 17, but ships with a Java runtime environment.
 
 # Building