diff --git a/python/dumux/__init__.py b/python/dumux/__init__.py
index 5284146ebf2bc6a26f50fefbe5ebb91a3ba91448..bb4c6ae25606e22f49e4e73de4426d1721d0e5d3 100644
--- a/python/dumux/__init__.py
+++ b/python/dumux/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,13 @@
+"""The DuMux Python-bindings for using DuMux entirely from Python
+
+DuMux is
+* short for Dune for Multi-{Phase, Component, Scale, Physics, …} flow and transport in porous media
+* a free and open-source simulator for flow and transport processes in porous media
+* a research code written in C++
+* based on Dune (Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment)
+* a Dune user module in the Dune environment
+
+https://dumux.org/
+"""
+
 __import__("pkg_resources").declare_namespace(__name__)