diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Mixlib::Log
+
+[![Build Status Master](https://travis-ci.org/chef/mixlib-log.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/chef/mixlib-log) [![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/mixlib-log.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/rb/mixlib-log)
+
+Mixlib::Log provides a mixin for enabling a class based logger object, a-la Merb, Chef, and Nanite. To use it:
+
+```ruby
+require 'mixlib/log'
+
+class Log
+  extend Mixlib::Log
+end
+```
+
+You can then do:
+
+```ruby
+Log.debug('foo')
+Log.info('bar')
+Log.warn('baz')
+Log.error('baz')
+Log.fatal('wewt')
+```
+
+By default, `Mixlib::Logger` logs to STDOUT. To alter this, you should call +Log.init+, passing any arguments to the standard Ruby Logger. For example:
+
+```ruby
+Log.init('/tmp/logfile')  # log to /tmp/logfile   
+Log.init('/tmp/logfile', 7)  # log to /tmp/logfile, rotate every day
+```
+
+Enjoy!
+
+## LICENSE:
+
+- Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2008-2016 Chef Software, Inc.
+- License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
+
+```text
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+```
diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
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-== Mixlib::Log
-
-Mixlib::Log provides a mixin for enabling a class based logger object, a-la Merb, Chef, and Nanite.  To use it:
-
-  require 'mixlib/log'
-  	
-  class Log
-    extend Mixlib::Log
-  end
-
-You can then do:
-
-  Log.debug('foo')
-  Log.info('bar')
-  Log.warn('baz')
-  Log.error('baz')
-  Log.fatal('wewt')
-
-By default, <tt>Mixlib::Logger</tt> logs to STDOUT. To alter this, you should call +Log.init+, passing any arguments to the standard Ruby Logger. For example:
-
-  Log.init('/tmp/logfile')  # log to /tmp/logfile
-  Log.init('/tmp/logfile', 7)  # log to /tmp/logfile, rotate every day
-
-Enjoy!
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diff --git a/mixlib-log.gemspec b/mixlib-log.gemspec
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.license = "Apache-2.0"
   gem.authors = ["Opscode, Inc."]
   gem.has_rdoc = true
-  gem.extra_rdoc_files = ["README.rdoc", "LICENSE", 'NOTICE']
+  gem.extra_rdoc_files = ["README.md", "LICENSE", 'NOTICE']
   gem.files = Dir['lib/**/*'] + Dir['spec/**/*'] + ["Gemfile", "Rakefile", ".gemtest", "mixlib-log.gemspec"]
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rake'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 2.10'