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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ extern crate tokio_process;
 
 # License
 
-Serde is licensed under either of
+This project is licensed under either of
 
  * Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or
    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)