diff --git a/xdelta3/Makefile.am b/xdelta3/Makefile.am
index 2bfb7eb..29fa193 100644
--- a/xdelta3/Makefile.am
+++ b/xdelta3/Makefile.am
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ man1_MANS = xdelta3.1
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	draft-korn-vcdiff.txt \
-	README \
+	README.md \
 	examples/Makefile \
-	examples/README \
+	examples/README.md \
 	examples/checksum_test.cc \
 	examples/compare_test.c \
 	examples/encode_decode_test.c \
diff --git a/xdelta3/README b/xdelta3/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from xdelta3/README
rename to xdelta3/README.md
diff --git a/xdelta3/examples/README b/xdelta3/examples/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from xdelta3/examples/README
rename to xdelta3/examples/README.md
diff --git a/xdelta3/readme.txt b/xdelta3/readme.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index be7c6ce..0000000
--- a/xdelta3/readme.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-Xdelta 3.x readme.txt
-Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
-<josh.macdonald@gmail.com>
-
-
-Thanks for downloading Xdelta!
-
-This directory contains the Xdelta3 command-line interface (CLI) and source
-distribution for VCDIFF differential compression, a.k.a. delta
-compression. The latest information and downloads are available here:
-
-  http://xdelta.org/
-  http://code.google.com/p/xdelta/
-
-The command-line syntax:
-
-  http://code.google.com/p/xdelta/wiki/CommandLineSyntax
-
-Run 'xdelta3 -h' for brief help.  Run 'xdelta3 test' for built-in tests.
-
-Sample commands (like gzip, -e means encode, -d means decode)
-
-  xdelta3 -9 -S djw -e -vfs OLD_FILE NEW_FILE DELTA_FILE
-  xdelta3 -d -vfs OLD_FILE DELTA_FILE DECODED_FILE
-
-File bug reports and browse open support issues here:
-
-  http://code.google.com/p/xdelta/issues/list
-
-The source distribution contains the C/C++/Python APIs, Unix, Microsoft VC++
-and Cygwin builds.  Xdelta3 is covered under the terms of the GPL, see
-COPYING.
-
-Commercial inquiries welcome, please contact <josh.macdonald@gmail.com>