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@@ -7,9 +7,16 @@ specified by the administrator.
 
 Originally written in C, it's now reimplemented in Rust.
 
-By default, raou looks in  /etc/raou.d/ for config files. If you run
-"raou backup", it will look for /etc/raou.d/backup.
+### When to use raou (over sudo) 
+Generally, it's not a replacement for sudo. The primary use case of raou is a situation in which you would want to allow a user to run a privileged operation as root without entering passwords. You may not want to use sudo for that, particularly if you don't have it installed already. Some further arguments for raou:
+   
+   - Simpler config
+   - Less complexity, less attack surface
+   - Writte in a memory-safe language
 
+### Config
+By default, raou looks in  ```/etc/raou.d/``` for config files. If you run
+"raou backup", it will look for ```/etc/raou.d/backup```.
 Example config file:
 ```
 user john
@@ -20,29 +27,29 @@ path /usr/local/bin/script.sh
 **user** is the name of the user who you want to give permissions to 
 execute **path** as the **target_user**.  
 
-**path** must contain the absolute path. 
+**path** must contain the absolute path of the to be executed command. 
 
-Optional fields
----------------
-**args**: If you want to leave out optional arguments (argv) to *path*, 
-simply don't  include this. Otherwise, simply specify them
+#### Optional fields
+
+**args** (string): If you want to leave out optional arguments (argv) to *path*, 
+simply don't  include this. Otherwise, specify them here.
 ```
 ...
 args -v -ltr 
 ```
-**allow_args**: Allow arbitrary arguments, so:
+**allow_args** (1 or 0, default 0): Allow arbitrary arguments, so:
 ```
 raou backup /path
 ```
 
-Will launch "path" as specified in the file for the backup entry with "/path" as argv[1] instead of the argument specified with "args" in the config file.
+Will execute the command specified in **path** of the  ```backup``` entry with "/path" as argv[1] instead of the argument specified with "args" in the config file.
 
-**no_new_privs**: Defaults to 1. Processes launched with this option active
-won't be able to gain more privileges, even when they call setuid programs.
+**no_new_privs** (1 or 0, default 1): Processes launched with this option active
+won't be able to gain more privileges, even when they call setuid programs. This can break some programs.
 
-**env_vars**: A comma-separated list of environment variables to inherit
+**env_vars** (string): A comma-separated list of environment variables to inherit
 from the current environment. Everything else will be wiped (but others
 like HOME, SHELL etc. will be appropriately set). 
 
-**argv0**: Set this option if you want to provide your own value as "argv0"
+**argv0** (string): Set this option if you want to provide your own value as "argv0"
 The default is the name of the launched binary (not the whole path).