-This file describes GNU Emacs programs and resources that are
-maintained by other people. Some of these may become part of the
-Emacs distribution in the future. Others we unfortunately can't
-distribute, even though they are free software, because we lack legal
-papers for copyright purposes. Also included are sites where
-development versions of some packages distributed with Emacs may be
-found.
+The easiest way to add more features to your Emacs is to use the command
+M-x list-packages. This contacts the server at <URL:http://elpa.gnu.org>,
+where many Emacs Lisp packages are stored. These are distributed
+separately from Emacs itself for reasons of space, etc. You can browse
+the resulting *Packages* buffer to see what is available, and then
+Emacs can automatically download and install the packages that you
+select. See the section "Emacs Lisp Packages" in the Emacs manual
+for more details.