diff --git a/README.txt b/README.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from README.txt
rename to README.rst
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e78b4480..3b6b11ea 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__))
 execfile(os.path.join(here, 'tailbone', '_version.py'))
-README = open(os.path.join(here, 'README.txt')).read()
+README = open(os.path.join(here, 'README.rst')).read()
 
 
 requires = [
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ setup(
     url = "http://rattail.edbob.org/",
     license = "GNU Affero GPL v3",
     description = "Backoffice Web Application for Rattail",
-    long_description = READMES,
+    long_description = README,
 
     classifiers = [
         'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',