diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 267dfc7..f6a0482 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 setup(
     name="smmap",
     version=smmap.__version__,
-    description="A pure git implementation of a sliding window memory map manager",
+    description="A pure python implementation of a sliding window memory map manager",
     author=smmap.__author__,
     author_email=smmap.__contact__,
     url=smmap.__homepage__,