diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from CONTRIBUTING
rename to CONTRIBUTING.rst
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d882a35c8b660922b10cb5a53be44f9cd2e3733d..093a4773cdb39a218845b16d701a370d569855c3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Contribute
 ----------
 
 Contribution guidelines as well as development installation instructions
-are outlined in `CONTRIBUTING <CONTRIBUTING>`_.
+are outlined in `CONTRIBUTING <CONTRIBUTING.rst>`_.
 
 Translate
 ^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst
index 0e5a08ecf3ce63619bc358bebbc98a8af2ea6331..e582053ea018c369be05aae96cf730744f1dc616 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing.rst
@@ -1 +1 @@
-.. include:: ../CONTRIBUTING
+.. include:: ../CONTRIBUTING.rst