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-[gerrit]
-host=review.openstack.org
-port=29418
-project=openstack/loci-swift.git
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,14 @@
-This repo is no longer used. Please visit [OpenStack LOCI](http://github.com/openstack/loci/) ([https://github.com/openstack/loci/](http://github.com/openstack/loci/))
+This project is no longer maintained.
+
+The contents of this repository are still available in the Git
+source code management system.  To see the contents of this
+repository before it reached its end of life, please check out the
+previous commit with "git checkout HEAD^1".
+
+(Optional:)
+For an alternative project, please see <alternative project name> at
+<alternative project URL>.
+
+For any further questions, please email
+openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org or join #openstack-dev on
+Freenode.