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@@ -12,9 +12,27 @@ Java idiomatic client for [Google Cloud Natural Language][cloud-language].
Quickstart
----------
+If you are using Maven with a BOM, add this to your pom.xml file.
+```xml
+
+
+
+ com.google.cloud
+ libraries-bom
+ 2.8.0
+ pom
+ import
+
+
+
+
+ com.google.cloud
+ google-cloud-language
+
+```
[//]: # ({x-version-update-start:google-cloud-language:released})
-If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file
+If you are using Maven without a BOM, add this to your dependencies.
```xml
com.google.cloud