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-A [Dart](https://www.dartlang.org/) implementation of
-[gRPC](https://grpc.io/).
+The [Dart](https://www.dartlang.org/) implementation of
+[gRPC](https://grpc.io/): A high performance, open source, general RPC framework that puts mobile and HTTP/2 first.
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/dart-lang/grpc-dart.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/dart-lang/grpc-dart)
 
-***Note***: This implementation is in an early state. We do not recommend using
-it for production code.
+# Usage
 
 See the [route_guide example](example/route_guide/) for an example on how to
 use this package.
+
+# Status
+
+This package is currently in *beta*: It is available for general usage,
+and is considered feature complete. If you experience issues,
+please [open an issue](https://github.com/dart-lang/grpc-dart/issues).
+
+# Notes
+
+This library requires Dart SDK version 1.24.3 or later.