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 [![Build Status][ti]][tl]
 
+## Introduction
+
+The Accumulo-Examples repository contains a collection of examples for Accumulo versions 2.0 and
+greater. Examples within the `main` branch are designed to work with the version currently
+under development. Additional branches exist for previous releases of the Accumulo 2.x line. For
+example, the `2.0` branch contains examples specifically intended to work with that release version.
+
+A collection of examples for Accumulo 1.10 can be found [here].
+
 ## Setup instructions
 
 Follow the steps below to run the Accumulo examples:
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+[here]: https://accumulo.apache.org/1.10/examples