diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from AUTHORS.txt
rename to AUTHORS.rst
diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from CHANGES.txt
rename to CHANGES.rst
diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a146b58..0000000
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-To install django-model-utils, run the following command inside this
-directory:
-
-    python setup.py install
-
-You can also just copy the included ``model_utils`` directory somewhere
-on your Python path, or symlink to it from somewhere on your Python path, or
-use ``easy_install`` or ``pip``.
-
-This application requires Python 2.3 or later, and Django 1.0 or later.
-You can obtain Python from http://www.python.org/ and Django from
-http://www.djangoproject.com/.
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 2db1ab1..e87962c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-include AUTHORS.txt
-include CHANGES.txt
-include INSTALL.txt
+include AUTHORS.rst
+include CHANGES.rst
 include LICENSE.txt
 include MANIFEST.in
-include README.txt
-include TODO.txt
+include README.rst
+include TODO.rst
 include HGREV
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.rst
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rename from README.txt
rename to README.rst
index e78d30b..c3f59d5 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-.. comment: -*-restructuredtext-*-
-
 ==================
 django-model-utils
 ==================
diff --git a/TODO.txt b/TODO.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from TODO.txt
rename to TODO.rst
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b77b923..1f61ab8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ try:
 except IOError:
     hgrev = ''
     
-long_description = (open('README.txt').read() + 
-                    open('CHANGES.txt').read() +
-                    open('TODO.txt').read())
+long_description = (open('README.rst').read() + 
+                    open('CHANGES.rst').read() +
+                    open('TODO.rst').read())
 
 setup(
     name='django-model-utils',