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-Clair is a container vulnerability analysis service. It provides the list of vulnerabilities that threaten each container and can send notifications whenever new vulnerabilities that affect existing containers are released.
+Clair is a container vulnerability analysis service. It provides a list of vulnerabilities that threaten a container, and can notify users when new vulnerabilities that affect existing containers become known.
 
 We named the project « Clair », which in French means *clear*, *bright*, *transparent*, because we believe that it enables users to have a clear insight into the security of their container infrastructure.