diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9af878a..b79aa23 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .build*log
+*.src.rpm
 results_*/
diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0e32eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+This package exists only to obsolete old packages which need to be removed from
+the distribution in order to avoid dependency issues during upgrades.
diff --git a/fedora-obsolete-packages.spec b/fedora-obsolete-packages.spec
index 86c0e79..1d7b99d 100644
--- a/fedora-obsolete-packages.spec
+++ b/fedora-obsolete-packages.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-# Before modifying this package to add or remove obsoletes, please consult the
-# packaging committee: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging_Committee
-
-# For each obsolete added, please include a reference to the relevant FPC
-# ticket, information about which releases need the obsolete, and when the
-# obsolete can be removed.
+# Provenpackagers are welcome to modify this package, but please don't obsolete
+# additional packages without a corresponding bugzilla ticket being filed.
 
 Name:       fedora-obsolete-packages
+# Please keep the version equal to the targeted Fedora release
 Version:    26
 Release:    1
 Summary:    A package to obsolete retired packages
@@ -15,13 +12,29 @@ License:    Public Domain
 URL:        https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Renaming.2FReplacing_Existing_Packages
 BuildArch:  noarch
 
-# This package has no sources, nothing to prep, build or install, and no files.
+Source0:    README
+
+# Add Obsoletes: below, along with links to the relevant bugzilla tickets filed
+# against this package and the version in which the entry can be removed.
+#
+# All Obsoletes: entries must be versioned, with the version being just higher
+# than the last version-release of the obsoleted package.  This allows the
+# package to return to the distribution later.
+
+# Obsoletes: foo <= 3.5-7
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234567
+# Remove in f28
 
 %description
 This package exists only to obsolete other packages which need to be removed
 from the distribution for some reason.
 
+%prep
+%autosetup -c -T
+cp %SOURCE0 .
+
 %files
+%doc README
 
 %changelog
 * Wed Sep 14 2016 Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@math.uh.edu> - 26-1