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@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ Nu adheres closely to a set of goals that make up its design philosophy. As feat
 | ------------- | ------------- |
 | pick ...columns | Down-select table to only these columns |
 | reject ...columns | Remove the given columns from the table |
-| get column-or-column-path | Open given cells as text |
+| get column-or-column-path | Open column and get data from the corresponding cells |
 | sort-by ...columns | Sort by the given columns |
 | where condition | Filter table to match the condition |
 | inc (field) | Increment a value or version. Optional use the field of a table |