diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8d06ca0..336ca46 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@ Should suffice with doing:
 
 Needless to say, no installation is needed just to use the module. A mere:
 
- import pydot
+ import pydot_ng
 
 should do it, provided that the directory containing the modules is on Python
 module search path.
 
+This library is API compatible with original pydot so you can use it like this:
+
+ import pydot_ng as pydot
diff --git a/pydot_ng/__init__.py b/pydot_ng/__init__.py
index ed8d1de..dd8855b 100644
--- a/pydot_ng/__init__.py
+++ b/pydot_ng/__init__.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ pydot Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/pydot/
 Graphviz:       http://www.graphviz.org/
 DOT Language:   http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/lang.html
 
-Programmed and tested with Graphviz 2.26.3 and Python 2.6 on OSX 10.6.4
-
 Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Ero Carrera <ero.carrera@gmail.com>
 
 Distributed under MIT license [http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html].
@@ -20,7 +18,6 @@ Distributed under MIT license [http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html].
 from __future__ import division, print_function
 
 __author__ = 'Ero Carrera'
-__version__ = '1.0.29'
 __license__ = 'MIT'
 
 import os
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f5181b6..ccb8d4a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+from codecs import open
+import os
 from setuptools import setup
 
-import pydot_ng
-import os
 
 os.environ['COPY_EXTENDED_ATTRIBUTES_DISABLE'] = 'true'
 os.environ['COPYFILE_DISABLE'] = 'true'
 
+with open('README.rst', 'r', 'utf-8') as f:
+    readme = f.read()
+
 setup(
     name='pydot_ng',
-    version=pydot_ng.__version__,
+    version='1.0.0',
     description='Python interface to Graphviz\'s Dot',
     author='Ero Carrera',
     author_email='ero@dkbza.org',
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ setup(
         'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization',
         'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules'
         ],
-    long_description="\n".join(pydot_ng.__doc__.split('\n')),
+    long_description=readme,
     packages=['pydot_ng'],
     package_dir={'pydot_ng': 'pydot_ng'},
     install_requires=[