diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9259afa9da7faaf5c580759622dad64609874997_c2V0dXAucHk=..169d110ef130fae476dfa761d72a1633bfc81807_c2V0dXAucHk= 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from __future__ import with_statement
 
+#
+# To use setuptools commands such as bdist_egg, execute like this:
+#
+#   python -c 'import setuptools; execfile("setup.py")' bdist_egg
+#
 import sys
 from distutils.core import setup, Extension, Command
 from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext