Update doc/ci/runners/README.md

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 You must set up a runner to be able to run all the different types of jobs
 that it may encounter on the projects it's shared over. This would be
-problematic for large amounts of projects, if it weren't for tags.
+problematic for large amounts of projects, if it weren't for tags. 
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+GitLab CI tags are not the same as Git tags. GitLab CI tags are associated with runners.
+Git tags are associated with commits.

 By tagging a runner for the types of jobs it can handle, you can make sure
 shared runners will [only run the jobs they are equipped to run](../yaml/README.md#tags).