-be transfered between the two machines. The content of the file can be
-transfered over the same connection used to log in to the remote
-machine or the file can be transfered through another connection using
-a remote copy program such as @command{rcp}, @command{scp} or
-@command{rsync}. The former are called @dfn{inline methods}, the
-latter are called @dfn{out-of-band methods} or @dfn{external transfer
-methods} (@dfn{external methods} for short).
-
-The performance of the external transfer methods is generally better
-than that of the inline methods, at least for large files. This is
-caused by the need to encode and decode the data when transferring
-inline.
+be transfered between the two machines. The content of the file can
+be transfered using one of two methods: the @dfn{inline method} over
+the same connection used to log in to the remote machine, or the
+@dfn{external method} through another connection using a remote copy
+program such as @command{rcp}, @command{scp} or @command{rsync}.
+
+The performance of the external methods is generally better than that
+of the inline methods, at least for large files. This is caused by
+the need to encode and decode the data when transferring inline.