diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 *.csv
 *.egg*
 *.log
 *.zip
 __pycache__
 compact.egg.info
 content-revision
 build
+data
 debian
 dumps
 PKG-INFO
 revision-origin
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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-swh-py-template
-===============
-
-Python module template, used as skeleton to create new modules.
+swh-provenance
+==============
 
+Provenance DB module to query the provenance of source code artifacts present
+in the Software Heritage archive.