diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index abe04c0..d74ec58 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def build_packages(directories):
     description=(
         "Powerful and Pythonic PDF processing library based on xpdf-4.02"
     ),
-    long_description=versioninfo.changes() + os.linesep*2 + readme,
+    long_description=versioninfo.changes() + readme,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     keywords=[
         'pdf parser',