diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 902c05be0..185a82080 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # The XRP Ledger
 
-The [XRP Ledger](https://xrpl.org/) is a decentralized cryptographic ledger powered by a network of peer-to-peer servers. The XRP Ledger uses a novel Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus algorithm to settle and record transactions in a secure distributed database without a central operator.
+The [XRP Ledger](https://xrpl.org/) is a decentralized cryptographic ledger powered by a network of peer-to-peer nodes. The XRP Ledger uses a novel Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus algorithm to settle and record transactions in a secure distributed database without a central operator.
 
 ## XRP
 [XRP](https://xrpl.org/xrp.html) is a public, counterparty-free asset native to the XRP Ledger, and is designed to bridge the many different currencies in use worldwide. XRP is traded on the open-market and is available for anyone to access. The XRP Ledger was created in 2012 with a finite supply of 100 billion units of XRP. Its creators gifted 80 billion XRP to a company, now called [Ripple](https://ripple.com/), to develop the XRP Ledger and its ecosystem. Ripple uses XRP to help build the Internet of Value, ushering in a world in which money moves as fast and efficiently as information does today.
 
 ## rippled
-The server software that powers the XRP Ledger is called `rippled` and is available in this repository under the permissive [ISC open-source license](LICENSE). The `rippled` server is written primarily in C++ and runs on a variety of platforms.
+The server software that powers the XRP Ledger is called `rippled` and is available in this repository under the permissive [ISC open-source license](LICENSE.md). The `rippled` server software is written primarily in C++ and runs on a variety of platforms. The `rippled` server software can run in several modes depending on its [configuration](https://xrpl.org/rippled-server-modes.html).  
 
 ### Build from Source
 
 * [Linux](Builds/linux/README.md)
-* [Mac](Builds/macos/README.md)
-* [Windows](Builds/VisualStudio2017/README.md)
+* [Mac](Builds/macos/README.md) (Not recommended for production)
+* [Windows](Builds/VisualStudio2017/README.md) (Not recommended for production)
 
 ## Key Features of the XRP Ledger