diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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index 0000000..7e6fc16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+ipify2
+============
+
+An updated unofficial clone of the now-deprecated `ipify` library, allowing you to determine your IPv4 and IPv6 programmatically via [ipify.org](https://www.ipify.org)
+
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/ipify2.svg
+    :alt: ipify2 Release
+    :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ipify2
+
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/ipify2.svg
+    :alt: ipify2 Downloads
+    :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ipify2
+
+
+Meta
+----
+
+### Original
+
+- Author: Randall Degges
+- Email: r@rdegges.com
+- Site: http://www.rdegges.com
+
+### Maintainer
+
+- Author: Nate Harris
+- Email: n8gr8gbln@gmail.com
+- Site: https://nateharr.is
+
+
+Purpose
+-------
+
+[ipify.org](https://www.ipify.org) is a reliable IP address lookup service, an easy way to get your public IP address in Python.
+
+This library will retrieve your public IP address from ipify's API service, and return it as a string.
+
+Additional features:
+
+- If a request fails for any reason, it is re-attempted 3 times using an exponential backoff algorithm for maximum effectiveness.
+- This library handles exceptions properly, and usage examples below show you how to deal with errors in a foolproof way.
+- This library only makes API requests over HTTPS.
+
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+To install ``ipify2``, simply run:
+
+```shell
+pip install ipify2
+```
+
+This will install the latest version of the library automatically.
+
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+Using this library is very simple.  Here's a simple example:
+
+```python
+from ipify2 import get_ipv4
+
+ip = get_ipv4()
+print(ip) # '96.41.136.144'
+```
+
+```python
+from ipify2 import get_ipv6
+ip = get_ipv6()
+print(ip) # '2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334'
+```
+
+### Error Handling
+There are several reasons a request fail:
+- The ipify service is down
+- Your machine is unable to get the request to ipify because of a network error
+  of some sort (DNS, no internet, etc.).
+
+To handle these errors, you can do the following:
+
+```python
+from ipify2 import get_universal_ip
+from ipify2.exceptions import ConnectionError, ServiceError
+
+try:
+    ip = get_universal_ip()
+except ConnectionError:
+    # If you get here, it means you were unable to reach the ipify service,
+    # most likely because of a network error on your end.
+except ServiceError:
+    # If you get here, it means ipify is having issues, so the request
+    # couldn't be completed :(
+except:
+    # Something else happened (non-ipify related). Maybe you hit CTRL-C
+    # while the program was running, the kernel is killing your process, or
+    # something else all together.
+```
+
+If you want to simplify the above error handling by catching all errors, you could also do the following:
+
+```python
+from ipify2 import get_universal_ip
+from ipify2.exceptions import IpifyException
+
+try:
+    ip = get_universal_ip()
+except IpifyException:
+    # If you get here, then some ipify exception occurred.
+except:
+    # If you get here, some non-ipify related exception occurred.
+```
+
+One thing to keep in mind: regardless of how you decide to handle exceptions,  the ipify library will retry any failed requests 3 times before ever raising exceptions -- so if you *do* need to handle exceptions, just remember that retry logic has already been attempted.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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index dd6209e..0000000
--- a/README.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,152 +0,0 @@
-**ipify2: This is a maintained, updated fork of the original ipify package**
-
-
-python-ipify
-============
-
-The official client library for `ipify <https://www.ipify.org/>`_: *A Simple IP
-Address API*.
-
-.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/ipify2.svg
-    :alt: ipify2 Release
-    :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ipify2
-
-.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/ipify2.svg
-    :alt: ipify2 Downloads
-    :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ipify2
-
-
-Meta
-----
-
-Original
-
-- Author: Randall Degges
-- Email: r@rdegges.com
-- Site: http://www.rdegges.com
-
-Maintainer
-
-- Author: Nate Harris
-- Email: n8gr8gbln@gmail.com
-- Site: https://nateharr.is
-
-
-Purpose
--------
-
-`ipify <https://www.ipify.org/>`_ is the best IP address lookup service on the
-internet.  It's fast, simple, scalable, open source, and well-funded (*by me!*).
-
-In short: if you need a way to pragmatically get your public IP address, ipify
-is the best possible choice!
-
-This library will retrieve your public IP address from ipify's API service, and
-return it as a string.  It can't get any simpler than that.
-
-This library also has some other nice features you might care about:
-
-- If a request fails for any reason, it is re-attempted 3 times using an
-  exponential backoff algorithm for maximum effectiveness.
-- This library handles exceptions properly, and usage examples below show you
-  how to deal with errors in a foolproof way.
-- This library only makes API requests over HTTPS.
-
-
-Installation
-------------
-
-To install ``ipify2``, simply run:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-    $ pip install ipify2
-
-This will install the latest version of the library automatically.
-
-
-Usage
------
-
-Using this library is very simple.  Here's a simple example:
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-    >>> from ipify2 import get_ipv4, get_universal_ip
-    >>> ip = get_ipv4()
-    >>> ip
-    u'96.41.136.144'
-
-Now, in regards to exception handling, there are several ways this can fail:
-
-- The ipify service is down (*not likely*), or:
-- Your machine is unable to get the request to ipify because of a network error
-  of some sort (DNS, no internet, etc.).
-
-Here's how you can handle all of these edge cases:
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-    from ipify2 import get_ip
-    from ipify2.exceptions import ConnectionError, ServiceError
-
-    try:
-        ip = get_ip()
-    except ConnectionError:
-        # If you get here, it means you were unable to reach the ipify service,
-        # most likely because of a network error on your end.
-    except ServiceError:
-        # If you get here, it means ipify is having issues, so the request
-        # couldn't be completed :(
-    except:
-        # Something else happened (non-ipify related). Maybe you hit CTRL-C
-        # while the program was running, the kernel is killing your process, or
-        # something else all together.
-
-If you want to simplify the above error handling, you could also do the
-following (*it will catch any sort of ipify related errors regardless of what
-type they may be*):
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-    from ipify2 import get_ipv4
-    from ipify2.exceptions import IpifyException
-
-    try:
-        ip = get_ipv4()
-    except IpifyException:
-        # If you get here, then some ipify exception occurred.
-    except:
-        # If you get here, some non-ipify related exception occurred.
-
-One thing to keep in mind: regardless of how you decide to handle exceptions,
-the ipify library will retry any failed requests 3 times before ever raising
-exceptions -- so if you *do* need to handle exceptions, just remember that retry
-logic has already been attempted.
-
-
-Contributing
-------------
-
-This project is only possible due to the amazing contributors who work on it!
-
-If you'd like to improve this library, please send me a pull request! I'm happy
-to review and merge pull requests.
-
-The standard contribution workflow should look something like this:
-
-- Fork this project on Github.
-- Make some changes in the master branch (*this project is simple, so no need to
-  complicate things*).
-- Send a pull request when ready.
-
-Also, if you're making changes, please write tests for your changes -- this
-project has a full test suite you can easily modify / test.
-
-To run the test suite, you can use the following commands:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-    $ pip install -e .
-    $ pip install -r requirements.txt
-    $ python setup.py test
diff --git a/ipify2/__info__.py b/ipify2/__info__.py
index f646d40..5401cab 100644
--- a/ipify2/__info__.py
+++ b/ipify2/__info__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '1.0.2'
+__version__ = '1.1.0'
 
 __title__ = "ipify2"
 __author__ = 'Nate Harris'
diff --git a/ipify2/__init__.py b/ipify2/__init__.py
index a9a9b36..08e31ad 100644
--- a/ipify2/__init__.py
+++ b/ipify2/__init__.py
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
 """
 
 
-from .ipify import get_ipv4, get_universal_ip
+from .ipify import get_ipv4, get_ipv6, get_universal_ip
diff --git a/ipify2/exceptions.py b/ipify2/exceptions.py
index 84d702b..09aed2b 100644
--- a/ipify2/exceptions.py
+++ b/ipify2/exceptions.py
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 class IpifyException(Exception):
     """
     There was an ambiguous exception that occurred while attempting to fetch
-    your machine's public IP address from the ipify2 service.
+    your machine's public IP address from the ipify service.
     """
     pass
 
 
 class ServiceError(IpifyException):
     """
-    The request failed because the ipify2 service is currently down or
+    The request failed because the ipify service is currently down or
     experiencing issues.
     """
     pass
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class ServiceError(IpifyException):
 
 class ConnectionError(IpifyException):
     """
-    The request failed because it wasn't able to reach the ipify2 service.  This
+    The request failed because it wasn't able to reach the ipify service.  This
     is most likely due to a networking error of some sort.
     """
     pass
diff --git a/ipify2/ipify.py b/ipify2/ipify.py
index d77447e..4721c85 100644
--- a/ipify2/ipify.py
+++ b/ipify2/ipify.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 """
-ipify2.ipify2
+ipify2.ipify
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The module holds the main ipify2 library implementation.
 """
 
-
 from backoff import expo, on_exception
 from requests import get
 from requests.exceptions import RequestException
@@ -13,12 +12,15 @@
 from .exceptions import ConnectionError, ServiceError
 from .settings import MAX_TRIES, USER_AGENT
 
+IPV4_URL = "https://api.ipify.org"
+IPV6_URL = "https://api64.ipify.org"
+
 
 @on_exception(expo, RequestException, max_tries=MAX_TRIES)
 def _get_ip_resp(api_url: str):
     """
     Internal function which attempts to retrieve this machine's public IP
-    address from the ipify2 service (https://www.ipify.org).
+    address from the ipify service (https://www.ipify.org).
 
     :rtype: obj
     :returns: The response object from the HTTP request.
@@ -35,43 +37,60 @@ def _get_ip_resp(api_url: str):
 
 def get_ipv4():
     """
-    Query the ipify2 service (https://www.ipify.org) to retrieve this machine's
+    Query the ipify service (https://www.ipify.org) to retrieve this machine's
     public IPv4 address.
 
     :rtype: string
     :returns: The public IPv4 address of this machine as a string.
-    :raises: ConnectionError if the request couldn't reach the ipify2 service,
+    :raises: ConnectionError if the request couldn't reach the ipify service,
         or ServiceError if there was a problem getting the IPv4 address from
-        ipify2's service.
+        ipify's service.
     """
     try:
-        resp = _get_ip_resp(api_url="https://api.ipify.org")
+        resp = _get_ip_resp(api_url=IPV4_URL)
     except RequestException:
-        raise ConnectionError("The request failed because it wasn't able to reach the ipify2 service. This is most likely due to a networking error of some sort.")
+        raise ConnectionError("The request failed because it wasn't able to reach the ipify service. This is most "
+                              "likely due to a networking error of some sort.")
 
     if resp.status_code != 200:
-        raise ServiceError('Received an invalid status code from ipify2:' + str(resp.status_code) + '. The service might be experiencing issues.')
+        raise ServiceError(f'Received an invalid status code from ipify: {resp.status_code}. The service might be '
+                           f'experiencing issues.')
 
     return resp.text
 
 
 def get_universal_ip():
     """
-    Query the ipify2 service (https://www.ipify.org) to retrieve this machine's
+    Query the ipify service (https://www.ipify.org) to retrieve this machine's
     public IPv4/IPv6 address.
 
     :rtype: string
     :returns: The public IPv4/IPv6 address of this machine as a string.
-    :raises: ConnectionError if the request couldn't reach the ipify2 service,
+    :raises: ConnectionError if the request couldn't reach the ipify service,
         or ServiceError if there was a problem getting the IPv4/IPv6 address from
-        ipify2's service.
+        ipify's service.
     """
     try:
-        resp = _get_ip_resp(api_url="https://api64.ipify.org")
+        resp = _get_ip_resp(api_url=IPV6_URL)
     except RequestException:
-        raise ConnectionError("The request failed because it wasn't able to reach the ipify2 service. This is most likely due to a networking error of some sort.")
+        raise ConnectionError("The request failed because it wasn't able to reach the ipify service. This is most "
+                              "likely due to a networking error of some sort.")
 
     if resp.status_code != 200:
-        raise ServiceError('Received an invalid status code from ipify2:' + str(resp.status_code) + '. The service might be experiencing issues.')
+        raise ServiceError(f'Received an invalid status code from ipify: {resp.status_code}. The service might be '
+                           f'experiencing issues.')
 
     return resp.text
+
+
+def get_ipv6():
+    """
+    See :func:`get_universal_ip`.
+
+    :rtype: string
+    :returns: The public IPv4/IPv6 address of this machine as a string.
+    :raises: ConnectionError if the request couldn't reach the ipify service,
+        or ServiceError if there was a problem getting the IPv4/IPv6 address from
+        ipify's service.
+    """
+    return get_universal_ip()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1050224..832fdbb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 import ipify2.__info__ as package_info
 
-with open("README.rst", "r") as fh:
+with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
 with open("requirements.txt", 'r') as fh:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def run(self):
     packages=[package_info.__title__],  # Choose the same as "name"
     version=package_info.__version__,  # Start with a small number and increase it with every change you make
     license=package_info.__license__,
-    description="Interact with PocketCast's unofficial API",  # Give a short description about your library
+    description="Get IP address information via ipify.org",  # Give a short description about your library
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     author=package_info.__author__,  # Type in your name
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def run(self):
     cmdclass={
         'test': TestCommand,
     },
-    keywords=['Python', 'API', 'client', 'ipify2', 'ip', 'address', 'public', 'ipv4', 'ipv6', 'service'],
+    keywords=['Python', 'API', 'client', 'ipify', 'ipify2', 'ip', 'address', 'public', 'ipv4', 'ipv6', 'service'],
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Environment :: Console',
@@ -83,4 +83,4 @@ def run(self):
         'Topic :: Utilities',
     ],
     python_requires='>=3.0'
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)