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@@ -7,15 +7,17 @@ Caddy is a web server for your files like Apache, nginx, or lighttpd, but with d
 
 ### Features
 
-- SSL (TLS)
+- TLS
+- FastCGI (mostly for PHP sites)
+- WebSockets
+- IPv4 and IPv6 support
 - Gzip
-- FastCGI (yes, it can serve PHP sites)
-- Logging
-- Rewrite
-- Redirect
-- Extensionless (clean) URLs
-- Multi-core
 - Custom headers
+- Logging
+- Rewrites
+- Redirects
+- Multi-core
+- + more
 
 Caddy is designed to be super-easy to use and configure.
 
@@ -29,9 +31,9 @@ Caddy will, by default, serve the current working directory on [http://localhost
 
 ### Configuring Caddy
 
-If the current directory has a file called `Caddyfile`, it will be loaded and parsed and used as configuration. To configure Caddy, use a Caddyfile.
+Use a Caddyfile to configure Caddy. If the current directory has a file called `Caddyfile`, it will be loaded and parsed and used as configuration.
 
-A Caddyfile always starts with the address to bind to. The rest of the lines are configuration directives. Here's an example:
+A Caddyfile always starts with an address to bind to. The rest of the lines are configuration directives. Here's an example:
 
 ```
 mydomain.com:80
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ ext .html
 header /api Access-Control-Allow-Origin *
 ```
 
-This simple file enables gzip compression, serves clean URLs (tries `.html` files under the hood), and adds the coveted `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` header to all requests starting with `/api`. Wow! Caddy can do a lot with just four lines.
+This simple file enables gzip compression, serves clean URLs, and adds the coveted `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` header to all requests starting with `/api`. Wow! Caddy can do a lot with just four lines.
 
 Maybe you want to serve both HTTP and HTTPS. You can define multiple (virtual) hosts using curly braces:
 
@@ -63,4 +65,9 @@ Better documentation (and rigorous tests) are on their way as the program mature
 
 ### Contributing
 
-Please submit your ideas in an issue or you can drop a quick [tweet to @mholt6](https://twitter.com/mholt6). Pull requests that fix bugs are totally welcome, too. (Pull requests for new features should be discussed in an issue first.) Thanks for being involved!
+Please get involved! Before adding a new feature or changing existing behavior, open an issue to discuss it. For other non-breaking changes and bug fixes, pull requests are accepted. You can also drop a quick [tweet to @mholt6](https://twitter.com/mholt6) for quick feedback or comments.
+
+
+### About the project
+
+Caddy was born out of the need for a lightweight but configurable web server that didn't have to be "installed" and was readily available for any platform. Caddy took some inspiration from nginx, lighttpd, Websocketd, and Vagrant, and provides a pleasant mixture of the handy features from each of them. Caddy is suitable for use in both dev and production environments.