diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dc7db171a..fbe2b1af9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 
 import versioneer
 
+# If you are surprised by how empty this file is, that is because almost all
+# of the information that was here has been moved to the file setup.cfg
+
 setup(version=versioneer.get_version(), cmdclass=versioneer.get_cmdclass())