diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 692832e..5a62309 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,5 +10,9 @@ setup(
     entry_points={'console_scripts': [
         'ircbot = ircbot.main:main',
     ]},
-    url = 'https://bitbucket.org/smcquay/ircbot',
+    url='https://bitbucket.org/smcquay/ircbot',
+    license='WTFPL',
+    description= (
+        'a rather simple echo irc bot to stand as a simple example of how '
+        'this could be done.'),
 )