diff --git a/docs/src/running-validator/validator-reqs.md b/docs/src/running-validator/validator-reqs.md
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@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ title: Validator Requirements
 ## Minimum SOL requirements
 
 There is no strict minimum amount of SOL required to run a validator on Solana.
-However a vote account is required, which has a rent-exempt reserve of
-0.02685864 SOL. Voting also requires sending a vote tranasaction for each block
-the validator agrees with, which can cost up to 1.1 SOL per day.
+
+However in order to participate in consensus, a vote account is required which
+has a rent-exempt reserve of 0.02685864 SOL. Voting also requires sending a vote
+tranasaction for each block the validator agrees with, which can cost up to
+1.1 SOL per day.
 
 ## Hardware Recommendations