diff --git a/docs/threading.md b/docs/threading.md
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--- a/docs/threading.md
+++ b/docs/threading.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Threading in libgit2
 ==================
 
 Unless otherwise specified, libgit2 objects cannot be safely accessed by
-multiple threads.
+multiple threads simultaneously.
 
 There are also caveats on the cryptographic libraries libgit2 or its
 dependencies link to (more on this later). For libgit2 itself,