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 <li>Any available updates will appear in the dialog. Select them and follow the usual steps.</li>
 </ol>
 
+<p><em>Note:</em> You will probably want to uncheck the <strong>Contact all update sites during install to find required software</strong> option, which is not usually needed when simply updating the plugin (it makes things go a lot slower).</p>
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 <h4>Deprecated stuff</h4>
 
 <ul>