diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
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--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 # you will see them accessed via {{ site.title }}, {{ site.email }}, and so on.
 # You can create any custom variable you would like, and they will be accessible
 # in the templates via {{ site.myvariable }}.
-title: Strimzi - Apache Kafka on OpenShift and Kubernetes
+title: Strimzi - Apache Kafka on Kubernetes
 #email: your-email@example.com
 description: >- # this means to ignore newlines until "baseurl:"
-  Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on OpenShift and Kubernetes in various deployment configurations.
+  Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes in various deployment configurations.
 baseurl: "" # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog
 url: "http://strimzi.io" # the base hostname & protocol for your site, e.g. http://example.com
 twitter_username: strimziio
diff --git a/index.md b/index.md
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+++ b/index.md
@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ layout: default
 
 # Overview
 
-Strimzi provides a way to run an [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) cluster on [OpenShift](https://www.openshift.org/) and [Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io/) in various deployment configurations.
+Strimzi provides a way to run an [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) cluster on [Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io/) in various deployment configurations.
 
 See our [GitHub](http://github.com/strimzi) repository for more info.
 
 # Quickstart
 
-Getting up and running with an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes and OKD (the Origin Community Distribution of Kubernetes that powers Red Hat OpenShift) can be very simple, when using the Strimzi project! 
+Getting up and running with an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes can be very simple, when using the Strimzi project! 
 
 Below are a few quickstart documents for different environments, that walk you through a quick and easy install for your development environment:
 
 * [Minikube](/quickstarts/minikube/)
-* [OKD](/quickstarts/okd)
+* [OKD](/quickstarts/okd) (the Origin Community Distribution of Kubernetes, the basis of Red Hat OpenShift)
 
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