diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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-The gst-python AUTHORS list is maintained at docs/gst-python.xml#authors.
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b53f924cf4..c863daf063 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 	* docs/gst-python.xml: removed (split into partial files)
 
+	* README, AUTHORS, NEWS, TODO: removed (generated from docs/*)
+
 2003-06-26  David I. Lehn <dlehn@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* configure.ac, AUTHORS, NEWS, README, TODO, docs/Makefile.am,
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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-The gst-python NEWS is maintained at docs/gst-python.xml#news.
diff --git a/README b/README
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-The gst-python README is maintained in doc/gst-python.xml.
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
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-The gst-python TODO list is maintained at docs/gst-python.xml#todo.