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 Welcome to Thar's Handy Administrator Resources (the admin container)!
 
-This container provides access to the Thar host filesystems and contains
-common tools for inspection and troubleshooting.  It is based on
-Amazon Linux 2, and most things are in the same places you would find them
-on an AL2 host.
+This container provides access to the Thar host filesystems (see
+/.thar/rootfs) and contains common tools for inspection and troubleshooting.
+It is based on Amazon Linux 2, and most things are in the same places you would
+find them on an AL2 host.
 
 To permit more intrusive troubleshooting, including actions that mutate the
 running state of the Thar host, we provide a tool called "sheltie" (`sudo sheltie`).
-When run, this tool drops you into a root shell on the Thar host.
+When run, this tool drops you into a root shell in the Thar host's root filesystem.