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diff --git a/README b/README
index d01bf87ad5..b1b615b58a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
- OpenSSL 1.1.0-pre1 (alpha) 10 Dec 2015
+ OpenSSL 1.1.1-pre8-dev
 
- Copyright (c) 1998-2015 The OpenSSL Project
+ Copyright (c) 1998-2018 The OpenSSL Project
  Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson
  All rights reserved.
 
@@ -10,11 +10,8 @@
 
  The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust,
  commercial-grade, fully featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the
- Secure Sockets Layer (SSLv3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols as
- well as a full-strength general purpose cryptograpic library. The project is
- managed by a worldwide community of volunteers that use the Internet to
- communicate, plan, and develop the OpenSSL toolkit and its related
- documentation.
+ Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols (including SSLv3) as well as a
+ full-strength general purpose cryptographic library.
 
  OpenSSL is descended from the SSLeay library developed by Eric A. Young
  and Tim J. Hudson.  The OpenSSL toolkit is licensed under a dual-license (the
@@ -27,10 +24,10 @@
 
  The OpenSSL toolkit includes:
 
- libssl.a:
+ libssl (with platform specific naming):
      Provides the client and server-side implementations for SSLv3 and TLS.
 
- libcrypto.a:
+ libcrypto (with platform specific naming):
      Provides general cryptographic and X.509 support needed by SSL/TLS but
      not logically part of it.
 
@@ -48,61 +45,39 @@
  ------------
 
  See the appropriate file:
-        INSTALL         Linux, Unix, etc.
-        INSTALL.DJGPP   DOS platform with DJGPP
-        INSTALL.NW      Netware
-        INSTALL.OS2     OS/2
-        INSTALL.VMS     VMS
-        INSTALL.W32     Windows (32bit)
-        INSTALL.W64     Windows (64bit)
-        INSTALL.WCE     Windows CE
+        INSTALL         Linux, Unix, Windows, OpenVMS, ...
+        NOTES.*         INSTALL addendums for different platforms
 
  SUPPORT
  -------
 
  See the OpenSSL website www.openssl.org for details on how to obtain
- commercial technical support.
+ commercial technical support. Free community support is available through the
+ openssl-users email list (see
+ https://www.openssl.org/community/mailinglists.html for further details).
 
  If you have any problems with OpenSSL then please take the following steps
  first:
 
-    - Download the current snapshot from ftp://ftp.openssl.org/snapshot/
+    - Download the latest version from the repository
       to see if the problem has already been addressed
-    - Remove ASM versions of libraries
-    - Remove compiler optimisation flags
-
- If you wish to report a bug then please include the following information in
- any bug report:
-
-    - On Unix systems:
-        Self-test report generated by 'make report'
-    - On other systems:
-        OpenSSL version: output of 'openssl version -a'
-        OS Name, Version, Hardware platform
-        Compiler Details (name, version)
+    - Configure with no-asm
+    - Remove compiler optimization flags
+
+ If you wish to report a bug then please include the following information
+ and create an issue on GitHub:
+
+    - OpenSSL version: output of 'openssl version -a'
+    - Configuration data: output of 'perl configdata.pm --dump'
+    - OS Name, Version, Hardware platform
+    - Compiler Details (name, version)
     - Application Details (name, version)
     - Problem Description (steps that will reproduce the problem, if known)
     - Stack Traceback (if the application dumps core)
 
- Email the report to:
-
-    rt@openssl.org
-
- In order to avoid spam, this is a moderated mailing list, and it might
- take a day for the ticket to show up.  (We also scan posts to make sure
- that security disclosures aren't publically posted by mistake.) Mail to
- this address is recorded in the public RT (request tracker) database (see
- https://www.openssl.org/support/rt.html for details) and also forwarded
- the public openssl-dev mailing list.  Confidential mail may be sent to
- openssl-security@openssl.org (PGP key available from the key servers).
-
- Please do NOT use this for general assistance or support queries.
  Just because something doesn't work the way you expect does not mean it
- is necessarily a bug in OpenSSL.
-
- You can also make GitHub pull requests. If you do this, please also send
- mail to rt@openssl.org with a link to the PR so that we can more easily
- keep track of it.
+ is necessarily a bug in OpenSSL. Use the openssl-users email list for this type
+ of query.
 
  HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO OpenSSL
  ----------------------------
@@ -112,7 +87,7 @@
  LEGALITIES
  ----------
 
- A number of nations, in particular the U.S., restrict the use or export
- of cryptography. If you are potentially subject to such restrictions
- you should seek competent professional legal advice before attempting to
- develop or distribute cryptographic code.
+ A number of nations restrict the use or export of cryptography. If you
+ are potentially subject to such restrictions you should seek competent
+ professional legal advice before attempting to develop or distribute
+ cryptographic code.