diff --git a/content/fundamentals/ssh.md b/content/fundamentals/ssh.md
index f121e98..bf2fc35 100644
--- a/content/fundamentals/ssh.md
+++ b/content/fundamentals/ssh.md
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ approaches for day to day use and troubleshooting.
 ## Prerequisites
 
 The SSH ecosystem is old and venerable. It is available on all modern GNU/Linux
-distributions. You can use your home server or if you don't have one yet you
-can use your own personal laptop to experiment (in this case, your laptop will
-play the role of both the server and client as explained later).
+distributions. You will need a home server to run the SSH server and another
+machine, like a laptop, to run the SSH client.
 
 The commands shown in this guide were run on a [Debian Stretch] distribution
 but the actual tool names should be the same on other distributions.
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ To install the SSH server on your home server, run:
 $ sudo apt install -y openssh-server
 ```
 
-And from your client (laptop or otherwise), run:
+And on your client, run:
 
 ```bash
 $ sudo apt install -y openssh-client