diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 949e1cab..4bda98b0 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'Requests'
-copyright = u'MMXVII. A <a href="http://kennethreitz.com/bitcoin">Kenneth Reitz</a> Project'
+copyright = u'MMXVII. A <a href="http://kennethreitz.com/pages/open-projects.html">Kenneth Reitz</a> Project'
 author = u'Kenneth Reitz'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
@@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ html_theme_options = {
     'show_powered_by': False,
     'github_user': 'requests',
     'github_repo': 'requests',
-    'github_banner': False,
-    'show_related': False
+    'github_banner': True,
+    'show_related': False,
+    'note_bg': '#FFF59C'
 }
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ html_static_path = ['_static']
 
 # If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
 # typographically correct entities.
-html_use_smartypants = True
+html_use_smartypants = False
 
 # Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
 html_sidebars = {
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 33cb0227..919caaac 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ Release v\ |version|. (:ref:`Installation <install>`)
 **Requests** is the only *Non-GMO* HTTP library for Python, safe for human
 consumption.
 
-.. warning:: The use of **Python 3** is *highly* preferred over Python 2. Please consider upgrading your applications and infrastructure, if you find yourself *still* using Python 2 in production. If you are using Python 3, congratulations — you are indeed a person of excellent taste.
+.. note:: The use of **Python 3** is *highly* preferred over Python 2. Consider upgrading your applications and infrastructure if you find yourself *still* using Python 2 in production today. If you are using Python 3, congratulations — you are indeed a person of excellent taste.
+  —*Kenneth Reitz*
 
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