diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e814cb44..e197177a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-
-# See the docstring in versioneer.py for instructions. Note that you must
-# re-run 'versioneer.py setup' after changing this section, and commit the
-# resulting files.
+[metadata]
+description-file = README.md
 
 [versioneer]
 VCS = git