diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3754900..55c6e27 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ INSPIRE-specific utils.
 Tests should be run both for python 2 and python 3.
 For python 2 its recommended to run them through docker:
 ```bash
-# building the image python 3 and python 2
 docker build -f Dockerfile.py2   -t inspire-utils:py2 .
 docker run inspire-utils:py2 pytest tests
 ```
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 61f745f..94fdc06 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     platforms="any",
     description=__doc__,
     long_description=readme,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     install_requires=install_requires,
     tests_require=tests_require,
     extras_require=extras_require,