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 # RP2 Change Log
 
+# 1.7.0
+* added generic country plugin (for use in countries that don't have country-specific support yet)
+* various improvements to documentation
+
 # 1.6.0
 * optimized FIFO accounting from quadratic to linear (#115)
 * optimized LIFO and HIFO accounting from quadratic to m*log(n) (#116)
diff --git a/docs/supported_countries.md b/docs/supported_countries.md
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   * [USA](#usa)
 
 ## Introduction
-RP2 supports multiple countries each of which has different accounting methods and report generators, as explained in the sections below.
+RP2 supports most countries each of which has different accounting methods and report generators, as explained in the sections below. Some countries have direct support (by means of a country-specific RP2 plugin), but other countries can still benefit from RP2 via the generic country plugin (see below).
 
 ## Countries
 
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 Yes, for countries that support more than one accounting method, you can select which one to use via the `-m` command line option.
 
 ### What Countries Are Supported?
-See the [supported countries](supported_countries.md) document.
+RP2 can be used in most countries: see the [supported countries](supported_countries.md) document for details.
 
 ### How to Switch from Another Tax Software to RP2?
 In other words, how does RP2 handle transactions that were managed by other software in previous years? In this case the user can just leave out from the RP2 input spreadsheet the transactions/lots that were already sold in previous years.