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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Differences with HTTP Switchboard:
 - Rules from broader scopes propagate to narrower scopes ([HTTP Switchboard issue #227](https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/issues/227)):
     - This means rules in global scope are ubiquitous, i.e. no longer sandboxed
     - See matrix as really 3D: evaluation order: Z, then X and Y, where
-        - Z is the source hostname axis (aka "scope"), from global scope to narrower scopes
+        - Z is the source hostname axis (aka "scope"), from narrower scopes to global scope
         - X is the request type axis: `*`, `cookie`, `css`, etc.
         - Y is the destination hostname axis (`www.example.com`, `example.com`, `com`, `*`)
 - Much needed [code refactoring](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_refactoring) toward portability/efficiency