diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cbd7e35fe..3982f5585 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ mapping (SAM) in robotics and vision, using Factor Graphs and Bayes
 Networks as the underlying computing paradigm rather than sparse
 matrices.
 
-The current support matrix is::
+The current support matrix is:
 
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diff --git a/python/setup.py.in b/python/setup.py.in
index 55431a9ad..a7acdc4ba 100644
--- a/python/setup.py.in
+++ b/python/setup.py.in
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ setup(
     author_email='frank.dellaert@gtsam.org',
     license='Simplified BSD license',
     keywords='slam sam robotics localization mapping optimization',
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     long_description=readme_contents,
     # https://pypi.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
     classifiers=[