diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8040566b18ef..d1636e80f11d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Mypy: Static Typing for Python
 [![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/psf/black)
 [![Linting: Ruff](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/charliermarsh/ruff/main/assets/badge/v2.json)](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff)
 
+Add type annotations to your Python programs, and use mypy to type check them. Mypy is essentially a Python linter on steroids, and it can catch many programming errors by analyzing your program, without actually having to run it. Mypy has a powerful type system with features such as type inference, gradual typing, generics and union types.
+
 Got a question?
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@@ -168,7 +170,8 @@ Help in testing, development, documentation and other tasks is
 highly appreciated and useful to the project. There are tasks for
 contributors of all experience levels.
 
-To get started with developing mypy, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+To get started with developing mypy, see
+[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/python/mypy/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 Mypyc and compiled version of mypy
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3f876316f042..84b15b05d698 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,17 +19,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [project]
 name = "mypy"
 description = "Optional static typing for Python"
-readme = {text = """
-Mypy -- Optional Static Typing for Python
-=========================================
-
-Add type annotations to your Python programs, and use mypy to type
-check them.  Mypy is essentially a Python linter on steroids, and it
-can catch many programming errors by analyzing your program, without
-actually having to run it.  Mypy has a powerful type system with
-features such as type inference, gradual typing, generics and union
-types.
-""", content-type = "text/x-rst"}
+readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{name = "Jukka Lehtosalo", email = "jukka.lehtosalo@iki.fi"}]
 license = "MIT"
 license-files = ["LICENSE", "mypy/typeshed/LICENSE"]