diff --git a/azure-storage-blob/README.rst b/azure-storage-blob/README.rst
index 343c326d..e289e7d9 100644
--- a/azure-storage-blob/README.rst
+++ b/azure-storage-blob/README.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 Microsoft Azure Storage SDK for Python
 ======================================
 
+.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/Azure/azure-storage-python.svg
+    :target: https://travis-ci.org/Azure/azure-storage-python
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/azure/azure-storage-python.svg
+    :target: https://codecov.io/gh/Azure/azure-storage-python
+
 This project provides a client library in Python that makes it easy to
 consume Microsoft Azure Storage services. For documentation please see
-the Microsoft Azure `Python Developer Center`_ and our `API Reference`_ Page.
+the Microsoft Azure `Python Developer Center`_ and our `API Reference`_ (also available on `readthedocs`_).
 
     If you are looking for the Service Bus or Azure Management
     libraries, please visit
@@ -29,7 +34,7 @@ If you see azure==0.11.0 (or any version below 1.0), uninstall it first then ins
     pip uninstall azure
     pip install azure
 
-If you are upgrading from a version older than 0.30.0, see the upgrade doc, the
+If you are upgrading from a version older than 0.30.0, see the upgrade doc, the 
 usage samples in the samples directory, and the ChangeLog and BreakingChanges.
 
 If you are encountering `problems`_ installing azure storage on Azure Web Apps,
@@ -211,7 +216,8 @@ Learn More
 -  `API Reference`_
 
 .. _Python Developer Center: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/develop/python/
-.. _API Reference: https://azure-storage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+.. _API Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/overview/azure/storage/client?view=azure-python
+.. _readthedocs: https://azure-storage.readthedocs.io/
 .. _here: https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-python/archive/master.zip
 .. _create an account: https://account.windowsazure.com/signup
 .. _Developer Forums on MSDN: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsazure/en-US/home?forum=windowsazuredata
@@ -223,4 +229,4 @@ Learn More
 .. _CONTRIBUTING.md doc: CONTRIBUTING.md
 .. _problems: https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-python/issues/219
 .. _upgrading pip: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/python/managing-python-on-azure-app-service
-.. _cosmosdb: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cosmosdb-python
\ No newline at end of file
+.. _cosmosdb: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cosmosdb-python
diff --git a/azure-storage-common/README.rst b/azure-storage-common/README.rst
index 6445f4d5..e289e7d9 100644
--- a/azure-storage-common/README.rst
+++ b/azure-storage-common/README.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 Microsoft Azure Storage SDK for Python
 ======================================
 
+.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/Azure/azure-storage-python.svg
+    :target: https://travis-ci.org/Azure/azure-storage-python
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/azure/azure-storage-python.svg
+    :target: https://codecov.io/gh/Azure/azure-storage-python
+
 This project provides a client library in Python that makes it easy to
 consume Microsoft Azure Storage services. For documentation please see
-the Microsoft Azure `Python Developer Center`_ and our `API Reference`_ Page.
+the Microsoft Azure `Python Developer Center`_ and our `API Reference`_ (also available on `readthedocs`_).
 
     If you are looking for the Service Bus or Azure Management
     libraries, please visit
@@ -211,7 +216,8 @@ Learn More
 -  `API Reference`_
 
 .. _Python Developer Center: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/develop/python/
-.. _API Reference: https://azure-storage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+.. _API Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/overview/azure/storage/client?view=azure-python
+.. _readthedocs: https://azure-storage.readthedocs.io/
 .. _here: https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-python/archive/master.zip
 .. _create an account: https://account.windowsazure.com/signup
 .. _Developer Forums on MSDN: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsazure/en-US/home?forum=windowsazuredata
@@ -223,4 +229,4 @@ Learn More
 .. _CONTRIBUTING.md doc: CONTRIBUTING.md
 .. _problems: https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-python/issues/219
 .. _upgrading pip: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/python/managing-python-on-azure-app-service
-.. _cosmosdb: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cosmosdb-python
\ No newline at end of file
+.. _cosmosdb: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cosmosdb-python
diff --git a/azure-storage-file/README.rst b/azure-storage-file/README.rst
index 6445f4d5..e289e7d9 100644
--- a/azure-storage-file/README.rst
+++ b/azure-storage-file/README.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 Microsoft Azure Storage SDK for Python
 ======================================
 
+.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/Azure/azure-storage-python.svg
+    :target: https://travis-ci.org/Azure/azure-storage-python
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/azure/azure-storage-python.svg
+    :target: https://codecov.io/gh/Azure/azure-storage-python
+
 This project provides a client library in Python that makes it easy to
 consume Microsoft Azure Storage services. For documentation please see
-the Microsoft Azure `Python Developer Center`_ and our `API Reference`_ Page.
+the Microsoft Azure `Python Developer Center`_ and our `API Reference`_ (also available on `readthedocs`_).
 
     If you are looking for the Service Bus or Azure Management
     libraries, please visit
@@ -211,7 +216,8 @@ Learn More
 -  `API Reference`_
 
 .. _Python Developer Center: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/develop/python/
-.. _API Reference: https://azure-storage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+.. _API Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/overview/azure/storage/client?view=azure-python
+.. _readthedocs: https://azure-storage.readthedocs.io/
 .. _here: https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-python/archive/master.zip
 .. _create an account: https://account.windowsazure.com/signup
 .. _Developer Forums on MSDN: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsazure/en-US/home?forum=windowsazuredata
@@ -223,4 +229,4 @@ Learn More
 .. _CONTRIBUTING.md doc: CONTRIBUTING.md
 .. _problems: https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-python/issues/219
 .. _upgrading pip: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/python/managing-python-on-azure-app-service
-.. _cosmosdb: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cosmosdb-python
\ No newline at end of file
+.. _cosmosdb: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cosmosdb-python
diff --git a/azure-storage-queue/README.rst b/azure-storage-queue/README.rst
index 6445f4d5..e289e7d9 100644
--- a/azure-storage-queue/README.rst
+++ b/azure-storage-queue/README.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 Microsoft Azure Storage SDK for Python
 ======================================
 
+.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/Azure/azure-storage-python.svg
+    :target: https://travis-ci.org/Azure/azure-storage-python
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/azure/azure-storage-python.svg
+    :target: https://codecov.io/gh/Azure/azure-storage-python
+
 This project provides a client library in Python that makes it easy to
 consume Microsoft Azure Storage services. For documentation please see
-the Microsoft Azure `Python Developer Center`_ and our `API Reference`_ Page.
+the Microsoft Azure `Python Developer Center`_ and our `API Reference`_ (also available on `readthedocs`_).
 
     If you are looking for the Service Bus or Azure Management
     libraries, please visit
@@ -211,7 +216,8 @@ Learn More
 -  `API Reference`_
 
 .. _Python Developer Center: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/develop/python/
-.. _API Reference: https://azure-storage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+.. _API Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/overview/azure/storage/client?view=azure-python
+.. _readthedocs: https://azure-storage.readthedocs.io/
 .. _here: https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-python/archive/master.zip
 .. _create an account: https://account.windowsazure.com/signup
 .. _Developer Forums on MSDN: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsazure/en-US/home?forum=windowsazuredata
@@ -223,4 +229,4 @@ Learn More
 .. _CONTRIBUTING.md doc: CONTRIBUTING.md
 .. _problems: https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-python/issues/219
 .. _upgrading pip: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/python/managing-python-on-azure-app-service
-.. _cosmosdb: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cosmosdb-python
\ No newline at end of file
+.. _cosmosdb: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cosmosdb-python
diff --git a/tool_validate_packages.py b/tool_validate_packages.py
index aba4d654..e0c811d0 100644
--- a/tool_validate_packages.py
+++ b/tool_validate_packages.py
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ def install_storage_package(executable_location, environment):
         check_call([executable_location, 'install', 'azure-storage-queue', '-i',
                     'https://testpypi.python.org/pypi', '--no-deps'])
     elif environment == 'prod':
-        check_call([executable_location, 'install', 'azure-storage-blob'])
-        check_call([executable_location, 'install', 'azure-storage-file'])
-        check_call([executable_location, 'install', 'azure-storage-queue'])
+        check_call([executable_location, 'install', 'azure-storage-blob', '--no-cache-dir'])
+        check_call([executable_location, 'install', 'azure-storage-file', '--no-cache-dir'])
+        check_call([executable_location, 'install', 'azure-storage-queue', '--no-cache-dir'])
     else:
         # install the namespace package first
         nspkg_wheel = glob.glob("dist/*nspkg*.whl")