diff --git a/packaging/pip/README.md b/packaging/pip/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c785e432959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/pip/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Halide is a programming language designed to make it easier to write
+high-performance image and array processing code on modern machines. Halide
+currently targets:
+
+- CPU architectures: X86, ARM, Hexagon, PowerPC, RISC-V
+- Operating systems: Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Qualcomm QuRT
+- GPU Compute APIs: CUDA, OpenCL, Apple Metal, Microsoft Direct X 12, Vulkan
+
+Rather than being a standalone programming language, Halide is embedded in
+Python. This means you write Python code that builds an in-memory representation
+of a Halide pipeline using Halide's Python API. You can then compile this
+representation to an object file, or JIT-compile it and run it in the same
+process.
+
+## Using Halide from C++
+Halide is also available as a C++ library. This package provides the development
+files necessary to use Halide from C++, including a CMake package. On Linux and
+macOS, CMake's `find_package` command should find Halide as long as you're in
+the same virtual environment you installed it in. On Windows, you will need to
+add the virtual environment root directory to `CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH`. This can be
+done by running `set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=%VIRTUAL_ENV%` in `cmd`.
+
+Other build systems can find the Halide root path by running `python -c 
+"import halide; print(halide.install_dir())"`.
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 24b95504da00..31fce24a527d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,20 +8,65 @@ build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 [project]
 name = "halide"
 authors = [{ name = "The Halide team", email = "halide-dev@lists.csail.mit.edu" }]
+maintainers = [{ name = "Alex Reinking", email = "areinking@adobe.com" }]
 description = "Halide is a programming language designed to make it easier to write high-performance image and array processing code."
 license = { file = "LICENSE.txt" }
-readme = "README.md"
+readme = "./packaging/pip/README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
     "numpy",
     "imageio",
 ]
 dynamic = ['version']
+keywords = [
+    "array",
+    "compiler",
+    "domain-specific language",
+    "dsl",
+    "gpu",
+    "hexagon",
+    "image processing",
+    "machine learning",
+    "performance",
+    "programming language",
+]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Environment :: GPU",
+    "Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA",
+    "Environment :: WebAssembly",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science / Research",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Natural Language :: English",
+    "Operating System :: MacOS",
+    "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
+    "Operating System :: POSIX",
+    "Programming Language :: C++",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+    "Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Image Processing",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Code Generators",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Compilers",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
+]
 
 [project.urls]
-homepage = "https://halide-lang.org"
-documentation = "https://halide-lang.org/docs"
-repository = "https://github.com/halide/Halide.git"
+Homepage = "https://halide-lang.org"
+Documentation = "https://github.com/halide/Halide/blob/main/doc/Python.md"
+"Documentation (C++)" = "https://halide-lang.org/docs"
+Issues = "https://github.com/halide/Halide/issues"
+Repository = "https://github.com/halide/Halide.git"
 
 [tool.scikit-build]
 cmake.version = ">=3.28"
diff --git a/src/MainPage.h b/src/MainPage.h
index db451ed8efaf..847a6651afb0 100644
--- a/src/MainPage.h
+++ b/src/MainPage.h
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
  * particular check out local_laplacian, bilateral_grid, and
  * interpolate.
  *
+ * If you plan to build your program with CMake, you might be interested in
+ * documentation for <a href="https://github.com/halide/Halide/blob/main/doc/HalideCMakePackage.md">
+ * the Halide CMake helpers</a>.
+ *
  * Below are links to the documentation for the important classes in Halide.
  *
  * For defining, scheduling, and evaluating basic pipelines:
diff --git a/src/Serialization.h b/src/Serialization.h
index 9eb7f71c33cc..bad42cf0b4f8 100644
--- a/src/Serialization.h
+++ b/src/Serialization.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ namespace Halide {
 /// @brief Serialize a Halide pipeline into the given data buffer.
 /// @param pipeline The Halide pipeline to serialize.
 /// @param data The data buffer to store the serialized Halide pipeline into. Any existing contents will be destroyed.
-/// @param params Map of named parameters which will get populated during serialization (can be used to bind external parameters to objects in the pipeline by name).
 void serialize_pipeline(const Pipeline &pipeline, std::vector<uint8_t> &data);
 
 /// @brief Serialize a Halide pipeline into the given data buffer.