diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 18aa8f1..f3dbe2e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+2.6.0 (unreleased)
+--------------------
+*   add version and year to CITATION.cff
+*   remove 'v' from version numbers
+*   add github script and workflow to auto-update CITATION.cff
+
 v2.5.3 (8/5/2023)
 -------------------
 *   conda-forge fails because test files are not included
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5f657e8..920d93a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ by Scott Prahl
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/miepython.svg
    :target: https://pypi.org/project/miepython/
 
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/conda/v/conda-forge/miepython.svg
+   :target: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/miepython
+
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/readthedocs-latest-blue.svg
    :target: https://miepython.readthedocs.io
 
@@ -44,10 +47,14 @@ When comparing different Mie scattering codes, make sure that you're aware of th
 Using miepython
 ---------------
 
-1. You can install locally using pip::
-    
+1. You can install using pip::
+
     pip install miepython
 
+or using conda::
+
+    conda install -c conda-forge miepython
+
 2. or `run this code in the cloud using Google Collaboratory <https://colab.research.google.com/github/scottprahl/miepython/blob/master>`_ by selecting the Jupyter notebook that interests you.
 
 An example
@@ -73,14 +80,14 @@ should produce::
     The backscatter efficiency is 0.573
     The scattering anisotropy  is 0.192
 
-Here are a few short scripts in the github repository.
+There are a few short scripts in the github repository.
 
 * `Extinction Efficiency of Absorbing and Non-Absorbing Spheres <https://github.com/scottprahl/miepython/blob/master/miepython/examples/01_dielectric.py>`_ 
 * `Four Micron Glass Spheres <https://github.com/scottprahl/miepython/blob/master/miepython/examples/02_glass.py>`_ 
+
 * `One Micron Water Droplets <https://github.com/scottprahl/miepython/blob/master/miepython/examples/03_droplets.py>`_ 
-* `Gold Nanospheres <https://github.com/scottprahl/miepython/blob/master/miepython/examples/04_gold.py>`_ 
 
-Detailed documentation is available at <https://miepython.readthedocs.io>
+* `Gold Nanospheres <https://github.com/scottprahl/miepython/blob/master/miepython/examples/04_gold.py>`_ 
 
 
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