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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ This article assumes that you already know that:
 | **Conflict-resolution**             | Choosing how to resolve a conflict.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 | **Lock**                            | The right to access an Element and its descendant Elements.                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
 | **Merge**                           | Apply a Changeset to a briefcase.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
-| **Optimistic Concurrency Control**  | A policy that allows apps to elements without acquiring locks.                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
+| **Optimistic Concurrency Control**  | A policy that allows apps to make changes to elements without acquiring locks.                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
 | **Pessimistic Concurrency Control** | A policy that requires apps to acquire locks before changing elements.                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | **Push**                            | Upload a Changeset to iModelHub                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
 | **Pull**                            | Download a Changeset from iModelHub. See [IModelDb synchronization](./IModelDbSync.md)                                                                                                                                                                              |