For docs, load the setuptools version from the setup script, where it's...

For docs, load the setuptools version from the setup script, where it's authoritative, rather than from the library, which might not be ./setuptools

docs/conf.py

@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 # All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
 # serve to show the default.
 
-import sys, os
-import setuptools
+import setup
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
@@ -49,9 +48,9 @@ copyright = '2009-2013, The fellowship of the packaging'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = setuptools.__version__
+version = setup.setup_params['version']
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = setuptools.__version__
+release = setup.setup_params['version']
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.