diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e482cdf..c16e5b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-*~
 *.pyc
 rattail_fabric.egg-info/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 5893279..0000000
--- a/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-
-# rattail-fabric
-
-Rattail is a retail software framework, released under the GNU General Public
-License.
-
-This package contains various utility functions for use with
-[Fabric](http://www.fabfile.org/).
-
-Please see Rattail's [home page](https://rattailproject.org/) for more
-information.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6622b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+rattail-fabric
+==============
+
+Rattail is a retail software framework, released under the GNU General Public
+License.
+
+This package contains various utility functions for use with `Fabric`_.
+
+.. _`Fabric`: http://www.fabfile.org/
+
+Please see Rattail's `home page`_ for more information.
+
+.. _`home page`: https://rattailproject.org/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 21c8182..c30287f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 exec(open(os.path.join(here, 'rattail_fabric', '_version.py')).read())
-README = open(os.path.join(here, 'README.md')).read()
+README = open(os.path.join(here, 'README.rst')).read()
 
 
 requires = [