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 ## Task 4: your first Mu statement
 
 Mu is a statement-oriented language. Most statements translate into a single
-instruction to the x86 processor. Read the first two sections of the [Mu
-syntax description](https://github.com/akkartik/mu/blob/main/mu.md) (about
-functions and variables) to learn a little bit about it.
+instruction to the x86 processor. Quickly read the first two sections of the
+[Mu syntax description](https://github.com/akkartik/mu/blob/main/mu.md) (about
+functions and variables) to learn a little bit about it. It's ok if it doesn't
+all make sense just yet. We'll reread it later.
 
 Here's a skeleton of a Mu function that's missing a single statement.