diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 79fe094..f804fdb 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -127,6 +127,6 @@ Rake::RDocTask.new do |t|
   t.title    = "rest-client, fetch RESTful resources effortlessly"
   t.options << '--line-numbers' << '--inline-source' << '-A cattr_accessor=object'
   t.options << '--charset' << 'utf-8'
-  t.rdoc_files.include('README.rdoc')
+  t.rdoc_files.include('README.md')
   t.rdoc_files.include('lib/*.rb')
 end
diff --git a/rest-client.gemspec b/rest-client.gemspec
index 25a4af6..b16d7e6 100644
--- a/rest-client.gemspec
+++ b/rest-client.gemspec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.license = 'MIT'
   s.email = 'rest.client@librelist.com'
   s.executables = ['restclient']
-  s.extra_rdoc_files = ['README.rdoc', 'history.md']
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = ['README.md', 'history.md']
   s.files = `git ls-files -z`.split("\0")
   s.test_files = `git ls-files -z spec/`.split("\0")
   s.homepage = 'https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client'