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-Volume API Repository
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-
-This repository contains documentation for the OpenStack project.
+Volume API
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+This repository contains the RESTful API information for the OpenStack
+Block Storage, also known as Cinder. The Cinder project provides open
+source block-based storage component for cloud computing.
 
 For more details, see the `OpenStack Documentation wiki page
 <http://wiki.openstack.org/Documentation>`_.