diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 97875f4..53c4095 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ mmh3
 
 Python wrapper for MurmurHash (MurmurHash3), a set of fast and robust hash functions.
 
-mmh3 2.5 supports Python 2.7, Python 3.3 and higher.
+mmh3 2.5.1 supports Python 2.7, Python 3.3 and higher.
 
 Usage
 -----
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ Be careful so that these seeds do not exceed 32-bit. Unexpected results may happ
 
 Changes
 =======
+2.5.1 (2017-10-31)
+------------------
+* Bug fix for ``hash_bytes``. Thanks `doozr <https://github.com/doozr>`_!
+
 2.5 (2017-10-28)
 ------------------
 * Add ``hash_from_buffer``. Thanks `Dimitri Vorona <https://github.com/alendit>`_!
@@ -171,4 +175,4 @@ See also
 * https://github.com/wc-duck/pymmh3: mmh3 in pure python (Fredrik Kihlander and Swapnil Gusani)
 * https://github.com/escherba/python-cityhash: Python bindings for CityHash (Eugene Scherba)
 * https://github.com/veelion/python-farmhash: Python bindigs for FarmHash (Veelion Chong)
-* https://github.com/escherba/python-metrohash: Python bindings for MetroHash (Eugene Scherba)
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+* https://github.com/escherba/python-metrohash: Python bindings for MetroHash (Eugene Scherba)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c518f0a..1ae08ad 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 setup(name = 'mmh3',
     version = '2.5.1',
-    description = 'Python library for MurmurHash (MurmurHash3), a set of fast and robust hash functions.',
+    description = 'Python wrapper for MurmurHash (MurmurHash3), a set of fast and robust hash functions.',
     license = 'License :: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication',
     author = 'Hajime Senuma',
     author_email = 'hajime.senuma@gmail.com',