diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8295e65..8dacac3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,5 +16,9 @@ tmp/
 .idea/
 test/resources/lrs_properties.py
 
+# release
+dist
+tincan.egg-info/
+
 # wild
 todo.md
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b2ec9d..d89212a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,3 +75,48 @@ The docs will be output to `docs/build/html/`.
 If you would like to change the names of each section, you can do so by modifying `docs/source/tincan.rst`.
 
 ## Releasing
+To release to PyPI, first make sure that you have a PyPI account set up at https://pypi.python.org/pypi (and at
+ https://testpypi.python.org/pypi if you plan on using the test index). You will also need a .pyirc file in your
+ home directory with the following contents.
+
+    [distutils]
+
+    index-servers =
+        pypi
+        pypitest
+
+    [pypi] # authentication details for live PyPI
+    repository: https://pypi.python.org/pypi
+    username: <username>
+    password: <password>
+
+    [pypitest] # authentication details for test PyPI
+    repository: https://testpypi.python.org/pypi
+    username: <username>
+    password: <password>
+
+The pypitest contents of the .pyirc file are optional and are used for hosting to the test PyPI index.
+
+Update setup.py to contain the correct release version and any other new information.
+
+To test the register/upload, run the following commands in the repo directory:
+
+    python setup.py register -r pypitest
+    python setup.py sdist upload -r pypitest
+
+You should get no errors and should be able to find this tincan version at https://testpypi.python.org/pypi.
+
+To register/upload to the live PyPI server, run the following commands in the repo directory:
+
+    python setup.py register -r pypi
+    python setup.py sdist upload -r pypi
+
+The new module should be now be installable with pip or easy_install.
+
+    easy_install tincan
+    
+or
+
+    pip install tincan
+    
+Use sudo as necessary.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d3fe715..4cdfd4c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
         'SCORM',
         'AICC',
     ],
-    requires=[
-      'aniso8601',
-      'pytz',
-    ]
-)
+    install_requires=[
+        'aniso8601',
+        'pytz',
+    ],
+)
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