diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 685bb15e..bdd47e8b 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -4,17 +4,12 @@ include COPYING.*
 include changelog
 include TODO
 graft   zfec
-include ChangeLog NEWS.txt copyright
+include changelog NEWS.txt copyright
 include stridetune-bench.ba.sh stridetune-bench.py stridetune-dat.bash stridetune-graph.py
 include bench/*.py
 
-include tox.ini .travis.yml
-include misc/build_helpers/*.py
+include tox.ini
 
 include fec.cabal Setup.lhs
 graft haskell
 include stack.yaml
-
-
-global-exclude *~ *.pyc *.so
-
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 66e77670..7f0e104d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 summary = efficient, portable erasure coding tool
 description_file =
   README.rst
+long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
 author = Zooko O\'Whielacronx
 author_email = zooko@zooko.com
 home_page = https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/zfec