diff --git a/DESCRIPTION.rst b/DESCRIPTION.rst
index 3a62025..56c8590 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION.rst
+++ b/DESCRIPTION.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Qwiic I2C Driver
 ==========================
 
-This package provdes support cross platform I2C support for the qwiic python packages
\ No newline at end of file
+This package provides cross platform I2C support for the qwiic python packages
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d7f1efd..5086caf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
 
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
-# get the log description from the decription file
-with io.open(path.join(here, "DESCRIPTION.rst"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
-
 setup_requires = []
 setup_requires.append("smbus2")
 
@@ -58,7 +54,7 @@
     version='0.9.11',
 
     description='SparkFun Electronics qwiic I2C library',
-    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description='This package provides cross platform I2C support for the qwiic python packages',
 
     # The project's main homepage.
     url='http://www.sparkfun.com/qwiic',