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+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 [![npm version](http://img.shields.io/npm/v/async-validate.svg)](https://npmjs.org/package/async-validate)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/tmpfs/async-validate/badge.svg?branch=master&service=github&v=1)](https://coveralls.io/github/tmpfs/async-validate?branch=master)
 
+Asynchronous validation for [node](http://nodejs.org) and the browser. It has minimal dependencies and uses a plugin architecture so you only need to include the plugins for types you want to validate and can easily create your own validation plugins.
+
+Examples are in [EXAMPLE](https://github.com/tmpfs/async-validate/blob/master/EXAMPLE.md) and the [example directory](https://github.com/tmpfs/async-validate/blob/master/doc/example).
+
 ---
 
 - [Async Validate](#async-validate)
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 ---
 
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/tmpfs/async-validate.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/tmpfs/async-validate)
-[![npm version](http://img.shields.io/npm/v/async-validate.svg)](https://npmjs.org/package/async-validate)
-[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/tmpfs/async-validate/badge.svg?branch=master&service=github&v=1)](https://coveralls.io/github/tmpfs/async-validate?branch=master)
-
-Asynchronous validation for [node](http://nodejs.org) and the browser.
-
-Examples are in [EXAMPLE](https://github.com/tmpfs/async-validate/blob/master/EXAMPLE.md) and the [example directory](https://github.com/tmpfs/async-validate/blob/master/doc/example).
-
 ## Install
 
 ```
diff --git a/doc/readme.md b/doc/readme.md
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+++ b/doc/readme.md
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@
 [![npm version](http://img.shields.io/npm/v/async-validate.svg)](https://npmjs.org/package/async-validate)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/tmpfs/async-validate/badge.svg?branch=master&service=github&v=1)](https://coveralls.io/github/tmpfs/async-validate?branch=master)
 
+Asynchronous validation for [node](http://nodejs.org) and the browser. It has minimal dependencies and uses a plugin architecture so you only need to include the plugins for types you want to validate and can easily create your own validation plugins.
+
+Examples are in [EXAMPLE](/EXAMPLE.md) and the [example directory](/doc/example).
+
 ***
 <!-- @toc -->
 ***
 
-<? @include {=readme} introduction.md install.md usage.md ?>
+<? @include {=readme} install.md usage.md ?>
 
 <? @source {javascript} usage.js ?>
 
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-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/tmpfs/async-validate.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/tmpfs/async-validate)
-[![npm version](http://img.shields.io/npm/v/async-validate.svg)](https://npmjs.org/package/async-validate)
-[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/tmpfs/async-validate/badge.svg?branch=master&service=github&v=1)](https://coveralls.io/github/tmpfs/async-validate?branch=master)
-
-Asynchronous validation for [node](http://nodejs.org) and the browser.
-
-Examples are in [EXAMPLE](/EXAMPLE.md) and the [example directory](/doc/example).