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 A collection of lints to catch common mistakes and improve your [Rust](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust) code.
 
-[There are 355 lints included in this crate!](https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html)
+[There are over 400 lints included in this crate!](https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html)
 
 We have a bunch of lint categories to allow you to choose how much Clippy is supposed to ~~annoy~~ help you:
 
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 ## Usage
 
-Since this is a tool for helping the developer of a library or application
-write better code, it is recommended not to include Clippy as a hard dependency.
-Options include using it as an optional dependency, as a cargo subcommand, or
-as an included feature during build. These options are detailed below.
+Below are instructions on how to use Clippy as a subcommand, compiled from source
+or in Travis CI.
 
 ### As a cargo subcommand (`cargo clippy`)
 
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 #### Automatically applying Clippy suggestions
 
-Some Clippy lint suggestions can be automatically applied by `cargo fix`.
+Clippy can automatically apply some lint suggestions.
 Note that this is still experimental and only supported on the nightly channel:
 
 ```terminal
-cargo fix -Z unstable-options --clippy
+cargo clippy --fix -Z unstable-options
 ```
 
 ### Running Clippy from the command line without installing it
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 flags to Clippy during the run: `cargo clippy -- -A clippy::lint_name` will run Clippy with `lint_name` disabled and
 `cargo clippy -- -W clippy::lint_name` will run it with that enabled. This also works with lint groups. For example you
 can run Clippy with warnings for all lints enabled: `cargo clippy -- -W clippy::pedantic`
+If you care only about a single lint, you can allow all others and then explicitly reenable
+the lint(s) you are interested in: `cargo clippy -- -Aclippy::all -Wclippy::useless_format -Wclippy::...`
 
 ## Contributing