diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7efeb0a..7871970 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ core specification version. Versions 1.0.x implement the v1.0
 ResourceSync specification which was standardized as ANSI/NISO Z39.99-2014
 <http://www.openarchives.org/rs/1.0/toc>.
 
-v1.0.9 201?-??-??
-  * ...
+v1.0.9 2019-10-23
+  * Add -t/--tries and -T/--timeout options (https://github.com/resync/resync/issues/34)
+  * Includes partial replacement of urllib.request with requests
 
 v1.0.8 2017-08-30
   * Fix support for explicitly writing ResourceList objects as indexes (https://github.com/resync/resync/issues/31)
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 633d4d6..ddf50bf 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ If you suggest a new feature, please give an example of expected behavior and us
 
 If submitting a pull request:
 
+   * Understand that this code and any merged contributions are covered by an Apache 2.0 license
    * Please discuss in a issue before submitting a pull request for significant changes.
    * Please submit pull requests against the `develop` branch (changes are collected there before making a release).
    * Please follow [PEP8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/) and [PEP257](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257/) style rules.
diff --git a/README b/README
index dbba1c9..b1c7492 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ Typical library use in a destination (get and examine a Capability List)::
 Installation
 ------------
 
-The client and library are designed to work with Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.
+The client and library are designed to work with Python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.
 
 **Automatic installation**::
 
-    easy_install resync
+    pip install resync
 
 rsync is listed in `PyPI
 <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/resync>`_ and can be installed with 
@@ -99,14 +99,18 @@ Thanks to:
 `Bernhard Haslhofer
 <https://github.com/behas>`_,
 `Robert Sanderson
-<https://github.com/azaroth42>`_
+<https://github.com/azaroth42>`_,
+and `other contributors
+<https://github.com/resync/resync/graphs/contributors>`_.
 
-See also CONTRIBUTING.md
+See `CONTRIBUTING.md
+<https://github.com/resync/resync/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md>`_
+for guidelines for contributing.
 
 Copyright and License
 ---------------------
 
-Copyright 2012--2017 Simeon Warner
+Copyright 2012--2018 Simeon Warner and contributors
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.