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@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ How it Works
 
 1. Buy a document scanner like `this one`_.
 2. Set it up to "scan to FTP" or something similar. It should be able to push
-   scanned images to a server without you having to do anything.
+   scanned images to a server without you having to do anything.  If your
+   scanner doesn't know how to automatically upload the file somewhere, you can
+   always do that manually.
 3. Have the target server run the *Paperless* consumption script to OCR the PDF
    and index it into a local database.
 4. Use the web frontend to sift through the database and find what you want.