diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66f206c..2ce3fc0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # Redislite
 
+[![CI/CD](https://img.shields.io/badge/CI/CD-Screwdriver-blue.svg)](https://screwdriver.cd/)
 [![Build Status](https://cd.screwdriver.cd/pipelines/2880/badge)](https://cd.screwdriver.cd/pipelines/2880)
+[![Codestyle](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-pep8-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/)
 [![Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/yahoo/redislite/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/yahoo/redislite)
 [![Current Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/redislite.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/redislite/)
-[![Supported Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-2.7,3.5,3.6,3.7,3.8,pypy-blue.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/redislite/)
+[![Supported Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.6,3.7,3.8-blue.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/redislite/)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/redislite.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/redislite/)
 [![Documentation](https://readthedocs.org/projects/redislite/badge/?version=latest)](http://redislite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/)
 
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ It provides enhanced versions of the Redis-Py Python bindings for Redis.  That p
 
 ## Requirements
 
-The redislite module requires Python 2.7 or higher.
+The redislite module requires Python 3.6 or higher.
 
 
 ### Installing requirements on Linux
diff --git a/changelog.d/143.removal.md b/changelog.d/143.removal.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee53ab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/143.removal.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Drop support for Python versions (less than 3.6) that are now EOL.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/README.md b/changelog.d/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af713a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Changelog Messages
+
+This directory contains changelog news fragment messages.  
+
+Changelog messages are descriptions of changes for the end users of the package.  In
+contrast to change messages for developers which go into the git commit log.
+
+## Adding a new changelog message
+
+In the git branch that contains the change, create a file in this directory named in the following format:
+
+  {issuenum}.{changetype}.md
+
+|            |      |
+| ---------- | ---- |
+| issuenum   | Is the issue or change number for the change.  This can be any valid string, and is frequently github issues or jira ticket number for the change. |
+| changetype | Is the type of change, it can be one of the following: |
+|            | - feature - A new feature |
+|            | - bugfix - The change fixes a bug |
+|            | - doc - The change is an improvement to the documentation |
+|            | - removal - The changed involved removing code or features |
+|            | - misc - Other kinds of changes |
+
+The changes are automatically added to the changelog of the release that added the change document.
diff --git a/redislite/client.py b/redislite/client.py
index 4a6b792..98be2ca 100644
--- a/redislite/client.py
+++ b/redislite/client.py
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ def redis_log_tail(self, lines=1, width=80):
 
         with open(self.logfile) as log_handle:
             if lines == 0:
-                return [l.strip() for l in log_handle.readlines()]
+                return [_.strip() for _ in log_handle.readlines()]
             log_handle.seek(0, 2)
             log_size = log_handle.tell()
             if log_size == 0:
@@ -436,8 +436,8 @@ def redis_log_tail(self, lines=1, width=80):
                 log_handle.seek(seek_location, 0)
                 data = log_handle.readlines()
                 if len(data) >= lines:
-                    return [l.strip() for l in data[-lines:]]
-            return [l.strip() for l in data]
+                    return [_.strip() for _ in data[-lines:]]
+            return [_.strip() for _ in data]
 
     @property
     def redis_log(self):
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f1570a3..b67905c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -12,15 +12,11 @@ classifiers =
     Operating System :: POSIX :: SunOS/Solaris
     Operating System :: POSIX
     Programming Language :: C
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 2
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
-    Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy
     Programming Language :: Python
     Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
     Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries
@@ -38,7 +34,7 @@ project_urls =
     Documentation = https://redislite.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
     Source = https://github.com/yahoo/redislite
 url = https://github.com/yahoo/redislite
-version = 5.0.6
+version = 6.0.0
 
 [options]
 install_requires=
@@ -47,7 +43,7 @@ install_requires=
     setuptools>38.0
 packages=
     redislite
-python_requires = >=2.7.11
+python_requires = >=3.6.0
 
 [screwdrivercd.version]
 version_type = sdv4_SD_BUILD
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5a43dae..5aabf04 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
 skip_missing_interpreters=True
-envlist = py27,py35,py36,py37,py38,pypy
+envlist = py36,py37,py38
 
 [testenv]
 deps=