diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a1bf8f9a3995..711754c206b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -28389,16 +28389,17 @@ in modules // {
   };
 
   html2text = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "html2text-2015.11.4";
-    disabled = ! isPy27;
+    name = "html2text-2016.9.19";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://pypi/h/html2text/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "021pqcshxajhdy4whkawz95v98m8njv5lknzgac0sp8jzl01qls4";
+      sha256 = "554ef5fd6c6cf6e3e4f725a62a3e9ec86a0e4d33cd0928136d1c79dbeb7b2d55";
     };
 
     meta = {
+      description = "Turn HTML into equivalent Markdown-structured text";
       homepage = https://github.com/Alir3z4/html2text/;
+      license = licenses.gpl3;
     };
   };