Australia library in Armstrong pledge prank

An Australian library sign promising to reshelve books by disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong in the fiction section has sparked approval online.

The sign was posted in Manly library in Sydney over the weekend.

All non-fiction books by the cyclist, including "Lance Armstrong: Images of a Champion", would soon be moved to the fiction section, it read.

A council spokesman said the sign was a joke and that local libraries could not arbitrarily reclassify books.

Last week Lance Armstrong ended years of denial by admitting he used performance-enhancing drugs during all seven of his Tour de France wins.

The 41-year-old confessed during an interview with chat show host Oprah Winfrey that was watched around the world.

Pictures of the sign - which ends with a smiley face - have been widely circulated on social media, with many commentators congratulating the library on its stance.