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 Welcome to the ELOG package
 ===========================
 
-For general documentation, see the file "index.html" in the "doc" subdirectory,
-for installation instructions, see "adminguide.html" in the same directory,
-or consult the web page http://elog.psi.ch/elog
+This is ELOG, an electronic logbook. 
 
-Please send all bug reports by electronic mail to:
+For the full documentation please visit: https://elog.psi.ch/elog
+
+Please send all bug reports and comments to:
 
 <stefan.ritt@psi.ch>