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-RQ (_Redis Queue_) is a lightweight Python library for queueing jobs and
-processing them in the background with workers.  It is backed by Redis and it
-is extremely simple to use.
+RQ (_Redis Queue_) is a lightweight<sup>*</sup> Python library for queueing
+jobs and processing them in the background with workers.  It is backed by Redis
+and it is extremely simple to use.
+
+<p style="font-size: 80%; text-align: right; font-style: italic">
+<sup>*</sup> It is under 20 kB in size and under 500 lines of code.</p>
 
 
 ## Getting started