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@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ This ansible collection provides various roles for installing
 and configuring basic system utilities like gnupg, ssh etc
 
 - [`git`](roles/git/README.md): configures git on the target system
+- [`gnupg`](roles/gnupg/README.md): configures gnupg on the target system
 - [`nginx`](roles/nginx/README.md): [nginx](https://www.nginx.com/),
   an advanced load balancer, webserver and reverse proxy.
 
diff --git a/roles/gnupg/README.md b/roles/gnupg/README.md
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+# `finallycoffee.base.gnupg` ansible role
+
+Configures GnuPG on the target system, including a Smart-Card (SC) daemon
+and can set up gpg-agent as an SSH-agent.