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 humandate
 ---------
 
-Parse human-readable dates in Python.
+Parse human-readable dates in Python in arbitrary strings.
 
 Usage
 -----
 
+Install using `pip`:
+
+```
+pip install humandate
+
+```
+
+Use the `parse_date` function:
+
 ```python
 from humandate import parse_date