diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 61aafe7..16fee1d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 FROM ubuntu:20.04
 
+LABEL maintainer="scanon@lbl.gov"
+LABEL us.kbase.ubuntu="20.04"
+LABEL us.kbase.python="3.8.4"
+LABEL us.kbase.sdk="1.0.18"
+
 RUN \
     apt-get -y update && \
     export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d40ee74..68d89d0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,3 +3,13 @@
 This is a very minimal base python image for building KBase SDK apps.
 
 
+## Contents
+
+This image just contains the basics.
+
+* Ubuntu 20.04 base image
+* Dependencies packages:  gcc make curl git openjdk-8-jre
+* Installation of the kb-sdk tool (1.0.18)
+* Python 3.8 via Conda
+* Mamba for Conda package installation
+* A select set of python modules