diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c56c10..35afec0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Bitfinex Trading Library for Python  - Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and more
+# Bitfinex Trading Library for Python - Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and more
 
 ![https://api.travis-ci.org/bitfinexcom/bitfinex-api-py.svg?branch=master](https://api.travis-ci.org/bitfinexcom/bitfinex-api-py.svg?branch=master)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fbb02b0..7197c21 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,69 +7,46 @@ https://github.com/pypa/sampleproject
 # Always prefer setuptools over distutils
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from os import path
-# io.open is needed for projects that support Python 2.7
-# It ensures open() defaults to text mode with universal newlines,
-# and accepts an argument to specify the text encoding
-# Python 3 only projects can skip this import
-from io import open
 
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
-
-# Arguments marked as "Required" below must be included for upload to PyPI.
-# Fields marked as "Optional" may be commented out.
-
 setup(
     name='bitfinex-api-py',
-    version='1.1.0',  # Required
-    description='Official Bitfinex API',  # Optional
-    long_description='This is an official python library that is used to connect interact with the Bitfinex api.',  # Optional
-    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',  # Optional
-    url='https://github.com/bitfinexcom/bitfinex-api-py',  # Optional
-    author='Bitfinex',  # Optional
-    author_email='support@bitfinex.com',  # Optional
-    classifiers=[  # Optional
+    version='1.1.0',
+    description='Official Bitfinex Python API',
+    long_description='A Python reference implementation of the Bitfinex API for both REST and websocket interaction',
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
+    url='https://github.com/bitfinexcom/bitfinex-api-py',
+    author='Bitfinex',
+    author_email='support@bitfinex.com',
+    classifiers=[
         # How mature is this project? Common values are
         #   3 - Alpha
         #   4 - Beta
         #   5 - Production/Stable
-        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+        'Development Status :: 5 - Stable',
 
-        # Indicate who your project is intended for
+        # Project Audience
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools',
-
-        # Pick your license as you wish
+        # Project License
         'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache 2.0',
 
-        # Specify the Python versions you support here. In particular, ensure
-        # that you indicate whether you support Python 2, Python 3 or both.
-        # These classifiers are *not* checked by 'pip install'. See instead
-        # 'python_requires' below.
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+        # Python versions (not enforced)
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.0',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2.0',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3.0',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4.0',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5.0',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6.0',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7.0',
     ],
-
-    keywords='bitfinex',  # Optional
-
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['examples', 'tests']),  # Required
-
-    # Specify which Python versions you support. In contrast to the
-    # 'Programming Language' classifiers above, 'pip install' will check this
-    # and refuse to install the project if the version does not match. If you
-    # do not support Python 2, you can simplify this to '>=3.5' or similar, see
-    # https://packaging.python.org/guides/distributing-packages-using-setuptools/#python-requires
-    python_requires='>=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*, !=3.5.*, <4',
-
-    # This field lists other packages that your project depends on to run.
-    # Any package you put here will be installed by pip when your project is
-    # installed, so they must be valid existing projects.
-    #
-    # For an analysis of "install_requires" vs pip's requirements files see:
-    # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/requirements.html
-    install_requires=['eventemitter', 'asyncio', 'websockets', 'pylint', 'six', 'pyee', 'aiohttp'],  # Optional
-
-    project_urls={  # Optional
+    keywords='bitfinex,api,trading',
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['examples', 'tests', 'docs']),
+    # Python versions (enforced)
+    python_requires='>=3.0.0, <4',
+    # deps installed by pip
+    install_requires=['eventemitter', 'asyncio', 'websockets', 'pylint', 'six', 'pyee', 'aiohttp'],
+    project_urls={
         'Bug Reports': 'https://github.com/bitfinexcom/bitfinex-api-py/issues',
         'Source': 'https://github.com/bitfinexcom/bitfinex-api-py',
     },