diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fde4fe4..c0cf4c2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ os:
   - linux
 
 python:
-  - 2.6
   - 2.7
   - 3.4
   - 3.5
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f12ef79..b682635 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,24 @@ particle four-momenta. By default numpythia only depends on NumPy and builds
 internal copies of the PYTHIA and `HepMC <http://hepmc.web.cern.ch/hepmc/>`_
 source code.
 
+Python versions supported:
+
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/python-2.7-blue.svg
+   :target: https://badge.fury.io/py/scikit-hep
+
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.4-blue.svg
+   :target: https://badge.fury.io/py/scikit-hep
+
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.5-blue.svg
+   :target: https://badge.fury.io/py/scikit-hep
+
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.6-blue.svg
+   :target: https://badge.fury.io/py/scikit-hep
+
+
+Getting started
+---------------
+
 .. code-block:: python
 
    from numpythia import Pythia, hepmc_write, hepmc_read
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1be7d47..6d2823b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 import sys
 
 # Check Python version
-if sys.version_info < (2, 6):
-    sys.exit("numpythia only supports python 2.6 and above")
+if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
+    sys.exit("numpythia only supports python 2.7 and above")
 
 if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
     import __builtin__ as builtins