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@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ description: |-
 
 Applications can natively integrate with the Connect API to support
 accepting and establishing connections to other Connect services without
-the overhead of a [proxy sidecar](/docs/connect/proxies.html). This page
-will cover the high-level overview of integration, registering the service,
-etc. For language-specific examples, see the sidebar navigation to the left.
+the overhead of a [proxy sidecar](/docs/connect/proxies.html). This option 
+is especially useful for applications that may be experiencing performance issues 
+with the proxy sidecar deployment. This page will cover the high-level overview 
+of integration, registering the service, etc. For language-specific examples, 
+see the sidebar navigation to the left.
 
 Connect is just basic mutual TLS. This means that almost any application
 can easily integrate with Connect. There is no custom protocol in use;