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-=====
-fault
-=====
+=====================
+Fault Management (FM)
+=====================
+The starlingx/fault repository handles Fault Management (FM) services [1]_, and
+provides the fm command-line interface (CLI) [2]_.
 
-StarlingX Fault Management
+This repository is not intended to be developed standalone, but rather as part
+of the StarlingX Source System, which is defined by the StarlingX manifest [3]_.
+
+References
+==========
+.. [1] https://docs.starlingx.io/api-ref/fault
+.. [2] https://docs.starlingx.io/cli_ref/fm.html
+.. [3] https://opendev.org/starlingx/manifest.git