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 Documentation
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-More information can be found on the [homepage](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-cli).
+More information can be found on the [Apache Commons CLI homepage](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-cli).
 The [JavaDoc](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-cli/javadocs/api-release) can be browsed.
 Questions related to the usage of Apache Commons CLI should be posted to the [user mailing list][ml].
 
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 Contributing
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-We accept PRs via github. The [developer mailing list][ml] is the main channel of communication for contributors.
+We accept Pull Requests via GitHub. The [developer mailing list][ml] is the main channel of communication for contributors.
 There are some guidelines which will make applying PRs easier for us:
 + No tabs! Please use spaces for indentation.
 + Respect the code style.
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 License
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-Code is under the [Apache Licence v2](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt).
+This code is under the [Apache Licence v2](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
+
+See the `NOTICE.txt` file for required notices and attributions.
 
 Donations
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 + [Apache Commons Homepage](https://commons.apache.org/)
-+ [Apache Bugtracker (JIRA)](https://issues.apache.org/jira/)
++ [Apache Issue Tracker (JIRA)](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLI)
 + [Apache Commons Twitter Account](https://twitter.com/ApacheCommons)
-+ #apachecommons IRC channel on freenode.org
++ `#apache-commons` IRC channel on `irc.freenode.org`
 
 [ml]:https://commons.apache.org/mail-lists.html