diff --git a/docs/makerel b/docs/makerel
index 771e87d18..8a4d2d397 100755
--- a/docs/makerel
+++ b/docs/makerel
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ mkdir $RELDIR
 cd $RELDIR || report_failure
 cp -r ../../docs/cache/* . || report_failure
 
-echo Version: $RELEASE >> README.txt
-echo "Date:    `date`" >> README.txt
-echo Mercurial Revision ID: $CHANGESET_ID >> README.txt
+echo Version: $RELEASE >> README.md
+echo "Date:    `date`" >> README.md
+echo Mercurial Revision ID: $CHANGESET_ID >> README.md