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@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-This is a fork and restructuring of schickling's [postgres-backup-s3](https://github.com/schickling/dockerfiles/tree/master/postgres-backup-s3) and [postgres-restore-s3](https://github.com/schickling/dockerfiles/tree/master/postgres-restore-s3).
+# Overview
+This project provides Docker containers to backup/restore a PostgreSQL database to/from AWS S3 (or a compatible service like DigitalOcean Spaces). Both one-off and periodic/scheduled backups are supported. 
 
-See [`backup/README.md`](/backup/README.md) and [`restore/README.md`](/restore/README.md) for further instructions.
+# Credit where due
+This repository is a fork and re-structuring of schickling's [postgres-backup-s3](https://github.com/schickling/dockerfiles/tree/master/postgres-backup-s3) and [postgres-restore-s3](https://github.com/schickling/dockerfiles/tree/master/postgres-restore-s3).
 
 Fork goals:
   - [x] dedicated repository
@@ -13,22 +15,6 @@ Fork goals:
 
 # Usage
 ## Backup
-
-### Docker
-```sh
-$ docker run \
-    -e S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=key \
-    -e S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=secret \
-    -e S3_BUCKET=my-bucket \
-    -e S3_PREFIX=backup \
-    -e POSTGRES_DATABASE=dbname \
-    -e POSTGRES_USER=user \
-    -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password \
-    -e POSTGRES_HOST=localhost \
-    eeshugerman/postgres-backup-s3
-```
-
-### Docker Compose
 ```yaml
 postgres:
   image: postgres
@@ -38,9 +24,6 @@ postgres:
 
 pgbackups3:
   image: eeshugerman/postgres-backup-s3
-  container_name: pg-backup
-  links:
-    - postgres
   environment:
     SCHEDULE: '@daily'
     S3_REGION: region
@@ -53,12 +36,12 @@ pgbackups3:
     POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
     POSTGRES_EXTRA_OPTS: '--schema=public --blobs'
 ```
+### Notes
+#### Periodic backups
+The `SCHEDULE` variable is determines backup frequency. It is optional -- without it, the backup will run once at start up. More information about the scheduling can be found [here](http://godoc.org/github.com/robfig/cron#hdr-Predefined_schedules).
 
-### Automatic Periodic Backups
-
-You can additionally set the `SCHEDULE` environment variable like `-e SCHEDULE="@daily"` to run the backup automatically.
-
-More information about the scheduling can be found [here](http://godoc.org/github.com/robfig/cron#hdr-Predefined_schedules).
+#### Docker
+Docker Compose is by no means required, you can use plain ol' Docker too -- just set the required env vars with the `-e` flag.
 
 ## Restore
 With the container running,