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 <div class="bs-docs-section">
   <h1 id="examples" class="page-header">Examples</h1>
 
-  <p class="lead">Build on the basic template above with Bootstrap's many components. See also <a href="#customizing">Customizing Bootstrap</a> for tips on maintaining your own Bootstrap variants.</p>
+  <p class="lead">Build on the basic template above with Bootstrap's many components. We encourage you to customize and adapt Bootstrap to suit your individual project's needs.</p>
 
   <h3 id="examples-framework">Using the framework</h3>
   <div class="row bs-examples">