diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 UNRELEASED
 
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 0.0.2 - 2018-06-28
 
   - Prevent timestamps from being encoded with scientific notation
 
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 0.0.1 - 2018-05-17
 
   - Initial release
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ e.g. using docker:
 sudo docker run -d -p 9411:9411 openzipkin/zipkin
 ```
 
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 ## Enable the Plugin
 
 ```
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ curl -X PUT --url http://localhost:8001/plugins/ -d name=zipkin -d config.http_e
 
 See many more details of using this plugin at https://docs.konghq.com/plugins/zipkin/
 
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 # Implementation
 
 The Zipkin plugin is derived from an OpenTracing base.