diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6fdf8cd..f99cfff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,58 @@
-.PHONY: clean-pyc
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
+
+PYTHON ?= $(shell which python)
+
 
-default: test
+.PHONY: help
+help: ## Prints help for available target rule
+	$(info Available target rules:)
+	@echo
+	@cat $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
 
+
+.PHONY: clean-pyc
 clean-pyc:
+	$(info Cleaning Python files..)
 	@find . -iname '*.py[co]' -delete
 	@find . -iname '__pycache__' -delete
 	@find . -iname '.coverage' -delete
 	@rm -rf htmlcov/
 
+
+.PHONY: clean-dist
 clean-dist:
+	$(info Cleaning Python distribution files..)
 	@rm -rf dist/
 	@rm -rf build/
 	@rm -rf *.egg-info
 
-clean: clean-pyc clean-dist
 
-test:
+.PHONY: clean
+clean: clean-pyc clean-dist  ## Cleans project building and caching files
+
+
+.PHONY: test
+test:  ## Runs project tests using Pytest
+	$(info Running project tests..)
 	py.test -vvv --cov=simple_rest_client tests
 
+
+.PHONY: dist
 dist: clean
-	python setup.py sdist
-	python setup.py bdist_wheel
+	$(info Building Python distribution..)
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py sdist
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py bdist_wheel
 
-release: dist
+
+.PHONY: release
+release: dist  ## Generates a new project release
+	$(info Generating a new project release..)
 	git tag `python setup.py -q version`
 	git push origin `python setup.py -q version`
 	twine upload dist/*
 
-lint:
+
+.PHONY: lint
+lint:  ## Runs Python lint on the source code
+	$(info Running lint against project..)
 	SKIP=no-commit-to-branch pre-commit run -a -v