diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bdd5bf0c051..e27a6c73bc9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ LightGBM, Light Gradient Boosting Machine
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diff --git a/python-package/README.rst b/python-package/README.rst
index 02742565f55..ff44a82d6c6 100644
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