Updated README
diff --git a/pkgs/markdown/README.md b/pkgs/markdown/README.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,31 @@
-dart-markdown
-=============
+dartdoc markdown library
+========================
 
-A standalone version of the dartdoc markdown library.
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+This is a standalone version of the [dartdoc][dartdoc] markdown library. It 
+parses markdown and converts it to HTML.
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+Add this to your `pubspec.yaml` (or create it):
+```yaml
+dependencies:
+  markdown: any
+```
+Then run the [Pub Package Manager][pub] (comes with the Dart SDK):
+
+    pub install
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+```dart
+import "package:markdown/markdown.dart" show markdownToHtml;
+
+main() {
+  print(markdownToHtml("Hello *Markdown*"));
+}
+```
+
+[dartdoc]: https://github.com/d2m/dartdoc
+[pub]: http://www.dartlang.org/docs/pub-package-manager/
diff --git a/pkgs/markdown/pubspec.yaml b/pkgs/markdown/pubspec.yaml
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--- a/pkgs/markdown/pubspec.yaml
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: markdown
-author: "Dart Team <misc@dartlang.org>"
-homepage: https://github.com/dpeek/dart-markdown
+version: 0.4.0
+author: Dart Team <misc@dartlang.org>
 description: A library for converting markdown to HTML.
-version: 0.3.4
+homepage: https://github.com/dpeek/dart-markdown
 dependencies:
-  unittest: any
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+  unittest: any