diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_testing/MANIFEST.in b/src/python/grpcio_testing/MANIFEST.in
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+include grpc_version.py
+recursive-include grpc_testing *.py
+global-exclude *.pyc
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_testing/README.rst b/src/python/grpcio_testing/README.rst
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+gRPC Python Testing Package
+===========================
+
+Testing utilities for gRPC Python
+
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+Depends on the `grpcio` package, available from PyPI via `pip install grpcio`.
+