SSL can be used for the remote transport by enabling the transport ``akka.remote.netty.ssl``
    via adding it to the ``enabled-transport`` configuration section. See description of the settings
    in the :ref:`remoting-scala-configuration`.

→

    SSL can be used as the remote transport by adding ``akka.remote.netty.ssl``
    to the ``enabled-transport`` configuration section. See a description of the settings
    in the :ref:`remoting-scala-configuration` section.

Is SSL used *as* the remote transport or is it used *for* it? Or in other words, is SSL the remote transport or does it enhance an existing transport?