diff --git a/plugins/Stock/README b/plugins/Stock/README
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ed47262c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/Stock/README
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Note that reproducing a third party's quotes without their permission
+may be prohibited by their terms and conditions, copyright law or other
+laws in your area.  VA Software, OSDN, and the Slash coders take no
+responsibility for how you use or misuse this software.  Read the
+"perldoc Finance::Quote" page and the perldoc pages from its subclasses
+for more information, and if you are in doubt, consult a lawyer.  You
+may also want to reread the "NO WARRANTY" section of the GPL, which
+you can find in the file COPYING, two directories up from this one,
+section 11.
+
diff --git a/plugins/Stock/stockquotes.pl b/plugins/Stock/stockquotes.pl
index 3e3e7cf01..dfda91b3a 100755
--- a/plugins/Stock/stockquotes.pl
+++ b/plugins/Stock/stockquotes.pl
@@ -59,10 +59,8 @@
 			$stock->{year_hi}	= sprintf("%.1f", $2);
 		}
 		if ($stockfetch{$sym,"cap"} ne ""
-			and $stockfetch{$sym,"cap"} =~ /([\d.]+)/) {
-			# XXX something wrong here... market caps seem
-			# way off, not sure why
-			$stock->{cap}		= sprintf("%.0fM", $1);
+			and $stockfetch{$sym,"cap"} =~ /([\d.]+)([BM])?/) {
+			$stock->{cap}		= sprintf("%.0f$2", $1);
 		} else {
 			$stock->{cap}		= "<i>n/a</i>";
 		}