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@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ jobs:
     - run: ruby -v
 ```
 
-You can leave `ruby-version` unset to use the project's `.ruby-version` file.
-
 ### Matrix
 
 This matrix tests all stable releases of MRI, JRuby and TruffleRuby on Ubuntu and macOS.
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
 * short version like `2.6`, automatically using the latest release matching that version (`2.6.5`)
 * version only like `2.6.5`, assumes MRI for the engine
 * engine only like `truffleruby`, uses the latest stable release of that implementation
-* `.ruby-version` reads from the project's `.ruby-version` file
+* `.ruby-version` (also the default value) reads from the project's `.ruby-version` file
 
 ### Bundler