diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
-# bash_hangman
+# Hangman in BASH
 A basic UNIX terminal based hangman game written in Bash.
+
+This is a hangman game that I wrote in the Bourne again shell (Bash UNIX shell) while trying to learn some of the syntax. The main game is started by executing the hangman script using:
+
+> ./hangman
+
+in a bash terminal. This game looks for a dict.dat file full of words that are randomly selected from.
+
+Enjoy!
diff --git a/hangman b/hangman
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--- a/hangman
+++ b/hangman
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
 #
-# A HANGMAN GAME WRITTEN FOR THE BORN AGAIN SHELL!
+# A HANGMAN GAME WRITTEN FOR THE BOURNE AGAIN SHELL!
 #
 # This game was coded for fun while I was trying to learn bash. To play the game
 # ensure that this script has execute permissions and then type ./hangman in the
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@
 # This game reads a list of words from a dict.dat file in the same directory as
 # the hangman script.
 #
-
+# Author: Ashton Seth Reimer
+# Date: Summer 2010
+# License: See the license file included in the repository on github:
+#          https://github.com/asreimer/bash_hangman
+#
 
 #initialize the variables and arrays we need
 declare -a word