diff --git a/packages/proto-signing/README.md b/packages/proto-signing/README.md
index 5921ec5d..91e2eeda 100644
--- a/packages/proto-signing/README.md
+++ b/packages/proto-signing/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # @cosmjs/proto-signing
 
-Demo package for protobufs with Cosmos SDK.
+[![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@cosmjs/proto-signing.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cosmjs/proto-signing)
+
+Utilities for protobuf based signing (for Cosmos SDK 0.39+) as documented in
+[ADR-020](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/66c5798cec/docs/architecture/adr-020-protobuf-transaction-encoding.md)
+and
+[The 3 levels of proto encoding](https://warta.it/blog/cosmos-sdk-protobuf-signing).
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/packages/proto-signing/package.json b/packages/proto-signing/package.json
index 053907a9..7c95ca0c 100644
--- a/packages/proto-signing/package.json
+++ b/packages/proto-signing/package.json
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
   "name": "@cosmjs/proto-signing",
   "private": true,
   "version": "0.20.0",
-  "description": "Utilities for Cosmos SDK 0.38",
-  "author": "Ethan Frey <ethanfrey@users.noreply.github.com>",
+  "description": "Utilities for protobuf based signing (Cosmos SDK 0.39+)",
+  "contributors": [
+    "Will Clark <willclarktech@users.noreply.github.com>",
+    "Simon Warta <webmaster128@users.noreply.github.com>"
+  ],
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "main": "build/index.js",
   "types": "types/index.d.ts",