diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 445cc71..ac1fc8f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ install:
   - pip install --upgrade setuptools_scm
   - pip install $NUMPY
   - python -c 'import numpy; print(numpy.__version__)'
-  - pip install awkward
+  - pip install "awkward>=0.7.0"
   - python -c 'import awkward; print(awkward.__version__)'
   - pip install pytest pytest-runner
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e5b0e23..7f77b30 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Pythonic mix-ins for ROOT classes.
 
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-(...)
+This package is typically used as a dependency for `uproot <https://github.com/scikit-hep/uproot>`__, to define methods on the classes that are automatically generated from ROOT files. This includes histograms (TH*) and physics objects like TLorentzVectors. The reason it's a separate library is so that we can add physics-specific functionality on a shorter timescale than we can update uproot itself, which is purely an I/O package.
+
+Occasionally, this library is used without uproot, as a way to make arrays of TLorentzVectors.
 
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@@ -30,16 +32,11 @@ Strict dependencies:
 The following are installed automatically when you install uproot with pip:
 
 - `Numpy <https://scipy.org/install.html>`__ (1.13.1+)
-- `awkward-array <https://pypi.org/project/awkward>`__ to manipulate data from non-flat TTrees, such as jagged arrays (`part of Scikit-HEP <https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward-array>`__)
+- `awkward-array <https://pypi.org/project/awkward>`__ (0.7.0+) to manipulate data from non-flat TTrees, such as jagged arrays (`part of Scikit-HEP <https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward-array>`__)
 
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-Tutorial
-========
-
-This library is typically installed as a dependency for [uproot](https://github.com/scikit-hep/uproot).
-
 Reference documentation
 =======================
 
-(...)
+TBD.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bea10f4..9a2cb01 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 numpy>=1.13.1
-awkward
+awkward>=0.7.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f0f9621..5027030 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def get_description():
       download_url = "https://github.com/scikit-hep/uproot-methods/releases",
       license = "BSD 3-clause",
       test_suite = "tests",
-      install_requires = ["numpy>=1.13.1", "awkward"],
+      install_requires = ["numpy>=1.13.1", "awkward>=0.7.0"],
       tests_require = [],
       classifiers = [
           "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",