diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 20a964998..715744239 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ if (BUILD_DOCS)
"*.lua"
"*.rb"
)
- set(SPHINX_DEPS ${SPHINX_DEPS} ${SPHINX_SCRIPT_DEPS} LICENSE.rst NEWS.rst README.rst)
+ set(SPHINX_DEPS ${SPHINX_DEPS} ${SPHINX_SCRIPT_DEPS} LICENSE.rst NEWS.rst index.rst)
set(SPHINX_OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/docs/html/.buildinfo")
set_source_files_properties(${SPHINX_OUTPUT} PROPERTIES GENERATED TRUE)
diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index 481058eb4..325cd66f6 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
-
+
Page Redirection
- If you are not redirected automatically, follow the link to the documentation.
+ Follow this link to the documentation.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50769e0c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#DFHack Readme
+
+[]
+(https://travis-ci.org/DFHack/dfhack)
+[]
+(https://dfhack.readthedocs.org)
+[]
+(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlib_License)
+[]
+(https://github.com/DFHack/dfhack/issues)
+[]
+(https://github.com/DFHack/dfhack/pulls)
+
+DFHack is a Dwarf Fortress memory access library, distributed with scripts
+and plugins implementing a wide variety of useful functions and tools.
+
+The full documentation [is available online here](https://dfhack.readthedocs.org),
+from the README.html page in the DFHack distribution, or as raw text in the `./docs` folder.
+If you're an end-user, modder, or interested in contributing to DFHack -
+go read those docs.
+
+If that's unclear or you need more help, try [the Bay12 forums thread]
+(http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=139553) or the #dfhack IRC
+channel on freenode.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 0f608e30e..546f843c8 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
#source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
# The master toctree document.
-master_doc = 'README'
+master_doc = 'index'
# General information about the project.
project = 'DFHack'
diff --git a/README.rst b/index.rst
similarity index 83%
rename from README.rst
rename to index.rst
index dcf3fb905..a93660db3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/index.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+##################################
Welcome to DFHack's documentation!
-==================================
+##################################
Introduction
============
@@ -22,14 +23,8 @@ allows easier development of new tools. As an open-source project under
`various copyleft licences `, contributions are welcome.
-Documentation
-=============
-DFHack documentation is generated by Sphinx. Check out the table of contents
-below, or the sources in the `docs folder`_!
-
-.. _`docs folder`: ./docs
-
-User Manual:
+User Manual
+===========
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
@@ -38,7 +33,8 @@ User Manual:
docs/Plugins
docs/Scripts
-Other Contents:
+Other Contents
+==============
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
@@ -47,7 +43,8 @@ Other Contents:
LICENSE
NEWS
-For Developers:
+For Developers
+==============
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1