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→‎Commands customizing the mirror pool: Clarifying the creation of custom mirror pool and added the --continent argument

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 You can customize the mirror pool to your preference.
 BUT Don't limit yourself too much as pacman-mirrors '''only''' writes up-to-date mirrors to your mirrorlist.
+====Customize mirror pool by continent====
+Create a custom mirror pool using mirrors from the continent determined by querying a geolocation service
+ sudo pacman-mirrors --continent && sudo pacman -Syyu
 ====Customize mirror pool by countries====
-The countries is an example - check the country list if in doubt.
+Create a custom mirror pool using mirrors from Germany, France and Austria
   sudo pacman-mirrors --country Germany,France,Austria && sudo pacman -Syyu
 ====Customize mirror pool by interactive selection====
-Using the --default will list all available mirrors and procotols in a gui windows allowing to sort the columns and interactively select according to your preferences.
+Create a custom mirror pool using the '''--default''' mirror pool '''--interactive''' will list all available mirrors and procotols in a gui windows allowing to sort the columns and interactively select according to your preferences.
   sudo pacman-mirrors --interactive --default && sudo pacman -Syyu
-When you save your selection a custom mirror pool is created and will serve as your mirror pool.
 ====Use specific protocols (prioritized)====
+Rank the current mirror pool using only https and http protocol
   sudo pacman-mirrors --api --protocol https,http && sudo pacman -Syyu
 ====Switch branch to unstable and use German mirrors====
-The country is an example - check the country list if in doubt.
+Change the system branch to unstable and create a custom mirror pool using mirrors from Germany
   sudo pacman-mirrors --country Germany --api --set-branch unstable && sudo pacman -Syyu
 ==== Switch branch and use German mirrors with https====
-The country is an example - check the country list if in doubt.
+Change the system branch to unstable, set configuration to use https only and create a custom mirror pool using mirrors from Germany
   sudo pacman-mirrors --country Germany --api --set-branch unstable --protocol https && sudo pacman -Syyu