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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PGPainless aims to make using OpenPGP in Java projects as simple as possible.
 It does so by introducing an intuitive Builder structure, which allows easy 
 setup of encryption / decrytion operations, as well as straight forward key generation.
 
-PGPainless is based around the Bouncycastle java library.
+PGPainless is based around the Bouncycastle java library and can be used on Android down to API level 9.
 
 ### NOTE: PGPainless is in a *very* early state of development and should under no circumstances be used for serious production usage yet.
 
@@ -113,4 +113,4 @@ Originally I was going to use [Bouncy-GPG](https://github.com/neuhalje/bouncy-gp
 but ultimately I decided to create my own OpenPGP library which better fits my needs.
 
 However, PGPainless is heavily influenced by Bouncy-GPG and  I would definitely recommend you to
-use it instead of PGPainless if you want a more mature, better tested code base.
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+use it instead of PGPainless if you want a more mature, better tested code base.