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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 description: >-
   Manage a finite pool of resources.
-  Useful for controlling concurrent I/O requests on the file system or network.
+  Useful for controlling concurrent file system or network requests.
 author: Dart Team <misc@dartlang.org>
 homepage: https://github.com/dart-lang/pool