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@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ This is plain simple rtorrent with proxy and custom rtorrent.rc
 
 Source: https://git.k2patel.in/k2patel/docker-rtorrent
 
+Public access is read-only; account registration on this server is disabled.
+Report issues at https://github.com/k2patel/docker-rtorrent/issues.
+For contributions, open an issue with a link to your branch or patch on another
+Git provider. Changes are reviewed and applied by the maintainer on Gitea.
+
 Gitea Actions builds and publishes `docker.io/k2patel/rtorrent:latest`
 on pushes to `main`, manually, and monthly on the third day at 00:00 UTC.
 The repository requires Actions secrets `DOCKER_USERNAME` and `DOCKER_TOKEN`