diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f8b7c325..b3cb9a4c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = bpython
+description = A fancy curses interface to the Python interactive interpreter
 long_description = file: README.rst
 long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
 license = MIT