diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     name="swh.loader.cvs",
     description="Software Heritage CVS Loader",
     long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     python_requires=">=3.7",
     author="Software Heritage developers",
     author_email="swh-devel@inria.fr",