diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 416fa54805fda3..c64187b32cf40b 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ Build Status
 
 - master
 
-  + .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/python/cpython.svg?branch=master
-       :target: https://travis-ci.org/python/cpython
-  
-  + .. image:: https://codecov.io/gh/python/cpython/branch/master/graph/badge.svg
-       :target: https://codecov.io/gh/python/cpython
-
   + `Stable buildbots <http://buildbot.python.org/3.x.stable/>`_
 
 - 3.6
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a34373f3518eac..71c54b2c6ae20a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 This is Python version 3.7.0 alpha 1
 ====================================
 
+.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/python/cpython.svg?branch=master
+   :alt: CPython build status on Travis CI
+   :target: https://travis-ci.org/python/cpython
+
+.. image:: https://codecov.io/gh/python/cpython/branch/master/graph/badge.svg
+   :alt: CPython code coverage on Codecov
+   :target: https://codecov.io/gh/python/cpython
+
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 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Python Software Foundation.  All rights
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