diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index 05b56ac..60d6c2a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -1 +1,14 @@
 This application is mainly developed by Eric Florenzano.
+
+Ahmad Al-Ibrahim
+Alex Gaynor
+Ben Browitt
+Brian Rosner
+Daniel T. Alvarenga
+Jakob Torp Svendsen
+James Tauber
+James Turnbull
+Jannis Leidel
+John Debs
+Mathieu Pillard
+Ross Poulton
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 06882da..d7f3de8 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+include README.txt
 include LICENSE.txt
 include CONTRIBUTORS.txt
 include avatar/media/avatar/img/default.jpg
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..682da5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+django-avatar
+-------------
+
+Django-avatar is a reusable application for handling user avatars.  It has the
+ability to default to Gravatar if no avatar is found for a certain user.
+Django-avatar automatically generates thumbnails and stores them to your default
+file storage backend for retrieval later.
diff --git a/docs/index.txt b/docs/index.txt
index 7019aa6..398708b 100644
--- a/docs/index.txt
+++ b/docs/index.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ ability to default to Gravatar_ if no avatar is found for a certain user.
 Django-avatar automatically generates thumbnails and stores them to your default
 file storage backend for retrieval later.
 
+.. _Gravatar: http://gravatar.com
+
 Contents:
 
 .. toctree::