diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8dcd45fc0..2ad9ef577 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ def clean(ext):
 
 distutils.core.setup(
     name='thinc',
+    description='Super sparse multi-class machine learning with Cython',
     packages=['thinc'],
     version='1.4',
     author='Matthew Honnibal',