diff -r bb9fc884a838 Doc/distutils/packageindex.rst --- a/Doc/distutils/packageindex.rst Mon Jul 06 14:23:04 2015 +0300 +++ b/Doc/distutils/packageindex.rst Mon Jul 06 20:56:44 2015 +0530 @@ -211,11 +211,11 @@ ==================== The ``long_description`` field plays a special role at PyPI. It is used by -the server to display a home page for the registered package. +the server to display a distribution page for the registered distribution package. If you use the `reStructuredText `_ syntax for this field, PyPI will parse it and display an HTML output for -the package home page. +the package distribution page. The ``long_description`` field can be attached to a text file located in the package::