diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b931621c..e3b7e63d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def read(fname):
     with codecs.open(fname, 'r', 'utf-8') as f:
         return f.read()
         
-def read_readme(fname):
+def read_to_rst(fname):
     try:
         import pypandoc
         return pypandoc.convert(read(fname), 'rst')