diff --git a/django/contrib/flatpages/README.TXT b/django/contrib/flatpages/README.TXT
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+This is an optional add-on app, flatpages.
+
+For full documentation, see either of these:
+
+    * The file django/docs/flatpages.txt in the Django distribution
+    * http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/flatpages/ on the Web
+
+Both have identical content.
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diff --git a/django/contrib/redirects/README.TXT b/django/contrib/redirects/README.TXT
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+This is an optional add-on app, redirects.
+
+For full documentation, see either of these:
+
+    * The file django/docs/redirects.txt in the Django distribution
+    * http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/redirects/ on the Web
+
+Both have identical content.
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