diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING.mdwn
similarity index 100%
rename from HACKING
rename to HACKING.mdwn
diff --git a/README b/README.mdwn
similarity index 100%
rename from README
rename to README.mdwn
diff --git a/debian/docs b/debian/docs
index e845566c06f9bf557d35e8292c37cf05d97a9769..31a3b508231314fdd7b39a28bb0d447cc2520113 100644
--- a/debian/docs
+++ b/debian/docs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-README
+README.mdwn
+HACKING.mdwn
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
index 392f023e3d642e033aed536bca8ceb4b7352645a..2b2022345135d6fea81fda6e0bc5541b737f0794 100644
--- a/doc/index.rst
+++ b/doc/index.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
    contain the root `toctree` directive.
 
-.. include:: ../README
+.. include:: ../README.mdwn
 
 Other documentation
 ===================