diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4375d1a64d50c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# exclude phantomjs tests
+third_party/phantomjs/
+# exclude phantom_shim project
+phantom_shim
+# exclude all tests
+test
+
+# repeats from .gitignore
+node_modules
+.local-chromium
+.dev_profile*
+.DS_Store
+*.swp
+*.pyc
+.vscode
+package-lock.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 48a769dbfcec7..e26e0c1837e2c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "puppeteer",
   "version": "0.9.0",
-  "description": "",
+  "description": "A high-level API to control headless Chrome over the DevTools Protocol",
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": "github:GoogleChrome/puppeteer",
   "engines": {