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@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ echoping
 
 echoping **was** a small program to test (approximatively) performances of a remote host by sending it requests such as HTTP requests.
 
-echoping is **no longer** maintained.
+echoping is **no longer** maintained. This repository is for
+historical interest only.
 
 To use it, simply:
 
@@ -61,4 +62,4 @@ Examples of output:
     Elapsed time: 0.686792 seconds
 ```
 
-The exit status is set if there is any problem, so you can use echoping to test repeatedly a Web server, to be sure it runs fine (SmokePing does it).
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+The exit status is set if there is any problem, so you can use echoping to test repeatedly a Web server, to be sure it runs fine (SmokePing does it).