diff --git a/README b/README.rst
similarity index 83%
rename from README
rename to README.rst
index 376d930..b4eafaa 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ This project is no longer maintained.
 The contents of this repository are still available in the Git
 source code management system.  To see the contents of this
 repository before it reached its end of life, please check out the
-previous commit with "git checkout HEAD^2".
+previous commit with "git checkout HEAD^3".