diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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-# Scala Parallel Collections
+# Scala parallel collections
 
-This Scala standard library module contains the package `scala.collection.parallel` with all parallel collections that
-used to be part of `scala-library` before Scala 2.13.
+This Scala standard module contains the package
+`scala.collection.parallel`, with all of the parallel collections that
+used to be part of the Scala standard library.
+
+As of Scala 2.13.0-M1, this module is a separate JAR that can be
+omitted from projects that do not use parallel collections.
+
+## Maintenance status
+
+This module is maintained by the Scala team at Lightbend.  If you are
+interested in participating, please jump right in on issues and pull
+requests.
+
+Modest, targeted improvements to the existing codebase are welcome at
+any time.  More fundamental or sweeping changes should probably wait
+until after the
+[Scala 2.13 collections rework](http://www.scala-lang.org/blog/2017/02/28/collections-rework.html)
+is closer to final form.
+
+## Usage
+
+To depend on scala-parser-combinators in sbt, add this to your `build.sbt`:
+
+```
+libraryDependencies +=
+  "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-parser-combinators" % "0.1.2"
+```
+
+In your code, adding this import:
+
+```
+import scala.collection.parallel.CollectionConverters._
+```
+
+will enable use of the `.par` method as in earlier Scala versions.
+
+### Cross-building: dependency
+
+This module is published only for the Scala 2.13.x series, so in a
+cross-built project, the dependency should take this form:
+
+```scala
+libraryDependencies ++=
+  CrossVersion.partialVersion(scalaVersion.value) match {
+    case Some((2, minor)) if minor >= 13 =>
+      Seq("org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-parser-combinators" % "0.1.2")
+    case _ =>
+      Seq()
+  }
+```
+
+This way of testing `scalaVersion` is robust across varying Scala
+version number formats (nightlies, milestones, release candidates,
+community build, etc).
+
+### Cross-building: source compatibility
+
+Using `.par` is problematic in a cross-built project, since in Scala
+2.13 the `CollectionConverters._` import shown above is necessary, but
+in earlier Scala versions, that import will not compile.
+
+You may able to avoid the problem by directly constructing your
+parallel collections rather than going through `.par`.  For other
+possible workarounds, see
+https://github.com/scala/scala-parallel-collections/issues/22,
+which is still under discussion (as of April 2017).
+
+## Releasing
+
+As with other Scala standard modules, build and release infrastructure
+is provided by the
+[sbt-scala-modules](https://github.com/scala/sbt-scala-modules/) sbt
+plugin.
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
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--- a/build.sbt
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import ScalaModulePlugin._
 
-version in ThisBuild := "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"
+version in ThisBuild := "0.1.3-SNAPSHOT"
 
 scalaVersionsByJvm in ThisBuild := {
   val v213 = "2.13.0-M1"