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@@ -683,10 +683,10 @@ user's password with /SERVER ADD.</p>
 <strong>--with-proxy</strong> option to configure. You'll still need to run
 irssi in a screen to use it though.</p>
 
-<p>Irssi proxy is a bit different than most proxies, normally proxies create
-a new connection to IRC server when you connect to it, but with irssi proxy
-all the clients use the same IRC server connection (a bit like how screen -x
-works).</p>
+<p>Irssi proxy is a bit different than most proxies, normally proxies
+create a new connection to IRC server when you connect to it, but
+<strong>irssi proxy shares your existing IRC connection(s) to multiple
+clients</strong>.</p>
 
 <p>Irssi proxy supports sharing multiple server connections in different
 ports, like you can share ircnet in port 2777 and efnet in port 2778.</p>