diff --git a/python/protobuf_distutils/README.md b/python/protobuf_distutils/README.md
index f3f2009..2989b2a 100644
--- a/python/protobuf_distutils/README.md
+++ b/python/protobuf_distutils/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 ```shell
 $ python setup.py build
-$ python setup.py install
+$ python -m pip install .
 ```
 
 (If you want to test changes to the extension, you can use `python setup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 ```shell
 $ python setup.py generate_py_protobufs
 $ python setup.py build
-$ python setup.py install
+$ python -m pip install .
 ```
 
 ## Options
diff --git a/python/protobuf_distutils/setup.py b/python/protobuf_distutils/setup.py
index bfc6d7f..2ff41b3 100644
--- a/python/protobuf_distutils/setup.py
+++ b/python/protobuf_distutils/setup.py
@@ -96,8 +96,14 @@
 
 __author__ = 'dlj@google.com (David L. Jones)'
 
+from os import path
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+# Use README.md as the source for long_description.
+this_directory = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+with open(path.join(this_directory, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    _readme = f.read()
+
 setup(
     name='protobuf_distutils',
     version='1.0',
@@ -123,6 +129,8 @@
     ],
     description=('This is a distutils extension to generate Python code for '
                  '.proto files using an installed protoc binary.'),
+    long_description=_readme,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     url='https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/',
     entry_points={
         'distutils.commands': [