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 <p>
   When Ant starts up, if the <code>-autoproxy</code> command is
   supplied, Ant sets the <code>java.net.useSystemProxies</code> system
-  property. This tells a Java 5+ JVM to use the current set of
-  property settings of the host environment. Other JVMs, such as the
-  Kaffe and Apache Harmony runtimes, may also use this property in
+  property. This tells a Java 5+ runtime to use the current set of
+  property settings of the host environment. Other JVMs, such as
+  Kaffe and Apache Harmony, may also use this property in
   future.  It is ignored on the Java 1.4 and earlier runtimes.
 </p>
 <p>