diff --git a/Manifest.txt b/Manifest.txt
index 1bff2932..3393724e 100644
--- a/Manifest.txt
+++ b/Manifest.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
History.txt
Manifest.txt
-README.rdoc
+README.md
Rakefile
bin/ocra
share/ocra/lzma.exe
diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.md
similarity index 77%
rename from README.rdoc
rename to README.md
index a91f9bc2..8e2d839f 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
-= ocra
+# ocra
-* https://github.com/larsch/ocra/
-* Issue tracker: http://github.com/larsch/ocra/issues
-* Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-ocra
+home :: https://github.com/larsch/ocra/
-== DESCRIPTION:
+issues :: http://github.com/larsch/ocra/issues
+
+forum :: http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-ocra
+
+## Description
OCRA (One-Click Ruby Application) builds Windows executables from Ruby
source code. The executable is a self-extracting, self-running
executable that contains the Ruby interpreter, your source code and
any additionally needed ruby libraries or DLL.
-== FEATURES
+## Features
* LZMA Compression (optional, default on)
* Both windowed/console mode supported
* Includes gems based on usage, or from a Bundler Gemfile
-== PROBLEMS & BUG REPORTING:
+## Problems & Bug Reporiting
* Windows support only
@@ -26,11 +28,11 @@ the issue tracker on GitHub (http://github.com/larsch/ocra/issues).
You can also join the Google Group discussion forum to ask questions
and get help (http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-ocra).
-== INSTALLATION:
+## Installation
Gem:
- gem install ocra
+ gem install ocra
Alternatively you can download the gem at either
http://rubygems.org/gems/ocra or
@@ -40,23 +42,23 @@ Stand-alone Version: Get ocrasa.rb from
https://github.com/larsch/ocra/releases/. Requires nothing but a
working Ruby installation on Windows.
-== SYNOPSIS:
+## Synopsis
-=== Building an executable:
+### Building an executable:
- ocra script.rb
+ ocra script.rb
-Will package "script.rb", the Ruby interpreter and all
+Will package `script.rb`, the Ruby interpreter and all
dependencies (gems and DLLs) into an executable named
-"script.exe".
+`script.exe`.
-=== Command line:
+### Command line:
- ocra [options] script.rb [ ...] [--