diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 1be7b8e..5733fcd 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ New in SVN
     (e.g. MSVC 2008 command prompt in start menu) before running scons.
     
   - Added support for amalgamated source and header generation (a la sqlite).
-    Refer to README.txt section "Generating amalgamated source and header"
+    Refer to README.md section "Generating amalgamated source and header"
     for detail.
     
 * Value
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 1c55bcd..f3a73f7 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ RunUnitTests = ActionFactory(runUnitTests_action, runUnitTests_string )
 env.Alias( 'check' )
 
 srcdist_cmd = env['SRCDIST_ADD']( source = """
-    AUTHORS README.txt SConstruct
+    AUTHORS README.md SConstruct
     """.split() )
 env.Alias( 'src-dist', srcdist_cmd )
 
diff --git a/doxybuild.py b/doxybuild.py
index 0b61c39..9c49df2 100644
--- a/doxybuild.py
+++ b/doxybuild.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def build_doc( options,  make_release=False ):
         print('Generating doc tarball to', tarball_path)
         tarball_sources = [
             output_dir,
-            'README.txt',
+            'README.md',
             'LICENSE',
             'NEWS.txt',
             'version'