diff --git a/packaging/README-releases.rst b/packaging/README-releases.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ed0b3af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/README-releases.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Auxiliary wxPython Release Files
+================================
+
+The source and binary extension modules for wxPython are located at PyPI where
+they can be downloaded either manually or automatically via the pip tool.  See
+https://pypi.python.org/pypi/wxPython
+
+The files in this folder are the extras that are not uploaded to PyPI,
+including the documentation, demo and samples, and also debugger information
+files (.pdb) for Visual Studio.
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c1d0bc1e..f0134428 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ For more information please refer to the
 `README file <https://github.com/wxWidgets/Phoenix/blob/master/README.rst>`_,
 the `Migration Guide <https://wxpython.org/Phoenix/docs/html/MigrationGuide.html>`_,
 or the `wxPython API documentation <https://wxpython.org/Phoenix/docs/html/main.html>`_.
-"""
 
-# or maybe LONG_DESCRIPTION=open("README.rst").read() ??
+Archive files containing a copy of the wxPython documentation, the demo and
+samples, and also a set of MSVC .pdb files for Windows are available 
+`here <https://wxpython.org/Phoenix/releases/>`_.
+"""
 
 
 CLASSIFIERS      = """\