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 # Deriving Traits
 
-You can let the compiler derive a number of traits:
+Rust derive macros work by automatically generating code that implements the specified traits for a data structure.
+
+You can let the compiler derive a number of traits as follows:
 
 ```rust,editable
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]