diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index cd7b6cd0..ed9057d1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Changelog
 
 (Unreleased)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* We no longer package tests, docs, or the sample taggit app into the distributed wheels. While we believe this shouldn't affect anything for users of the library, please tell us if you find yourself hitting issues (like around import errors)
+
 * Added a management command (``remove_orphaned_tags``) to remove orphaned tags
 
 6.0.0 (2024-07-27)
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 12282a07..982a8e0e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ include AUTHORS
 include CHANGELOG.rst
 include LICENSE
 include README.rst
-include tox.ini
-recursive-include docs *.py *.rst
+include setup.cfg
+include setup.py
+recursive-include taggit *.py
 recursive-include taggit/locale *.mo *.po
-recursive-include tests *.html *.py
+prune tests
+prune sample_taggit
+prune docs