diff --git a/Doc/README.txt b/Doc/README.rst
similarity index 83%
rename from Doc/README.txt
rename to Doc/README.rst
index 4f8e9f8f1417fb..a830ac80f4df5a 100644
--- a/Doc/README.txt
+++ b/Doc/README.rst
@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@ Python Documentation README
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 This directory contains the reStructuredText (reST) sources to the Python
-documentation.  You don't need to build them yourself, prebuilt versions are
-available at <https://docs.python.org/dev/download.html>.
+documentation.  You don't need to build them yourself, `prebuilt versions are
+available <https://docs.python.org/dev/download.html>`_.
 
 Documentation on authoring Python documentation, including information about
-both style and markup, is available in the "Documenting Python" chapter of the
-developers guide <https://docs.python.org/devguide/documenting.html>.
+both style and markup, is available in the "`Documenting Python <https://docs.python.org/devguide/documenting.html>`_" chapter of the
+developers guide.
 
 
 Building the docs
 =================
 
-You need to have Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/> installed; it is the toolset
+You need to have `Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ installed; it is the toolset
 used to build the docs.  It is not included in this tree, but maintained
-separately and available from PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Sphinx>.
+separately and `available from PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Sphinx>`_.
 
 
 Using make
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ see the make targets above).
 Contributing
 ============
 
-Bugs in the content should be reported to the Python bug tracker at
-https://bugs.python.org.
+Bugs in the content should be reported to the 
+`Python bug tracker <https://bugs.python.org>`_.
 
-Bugs in the toolset should be reported in the Sphinx bug tracker at
-https://www.bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/sphinx/issues/.
+Bugs in the toolset should be reported in the 
+`Sphinx bug tracker <https://www.bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/sphinx/issues/>`_.
 
 You can also send a mail to the Python Documentation Team at docs@python.org,
 and we will process your request as soon as possible.
diff --git a/Doc/make.bat b/Doc/make.bat
index da1f8765a4f358..3302ec1099112b 100644
--- a/Doc/make.bat
+++ b/Doc/make.bat
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ echo.   Provided by this script:
 echo.      clean, check, serve, htmlview
 echo.
 echo.All arguments past the first one are passed through to sphinx-build as
-echo.filenames to build or are ignored.  See README.txt in this directory or
+echo.filenames to build or are ignored.  See README.rst in this directory or
 echo.the documentation for your version of Sphinx for more exhaustive lists
 echo.of available targets and descriptions of each.
 echo.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a34373f3518eac..093bd8128043f2 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ If you would like to contribute to the development of Python, relevant
 documentation is available at: `Python Developer's Guide
 <https://docs.python.org/devguide/>`_.
 
-For information about building Python's documentation, refer to Doc/README.txt.
+For information about building Python's documentation, refer to Doc/README.rst.
 
 
 Converting From Python 2.x to 3.x