diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
index 7d739478..2d3894e2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Contributors
 ============
 
 Core Developers
-----------------
+---------------
 
 These contributors have commit flags for the repository,
 and are able to accept and merge pull requests.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Daniel are on the Cookiecutter core team.*
 .. _@jayfk: https://github.com/jayfk
 
 Other Contributors
--------------------
+------------------
 
 Listed in alphabetical order.
 
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
   mozillazg                `@mozillazg`_
   Pablo                    `@oubiga`_
   Parbhat Puri             `@parbhat`_
+  Peter Bittner            `@bittner`_
   Raphael Pierzina         `@hackebrot`_
   Raony Guimarães Corrêa   `@raonyguimaraes`_
   Roman Afanaskin          `@siauPatrick`_
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
 .. _@antoniablair: https://github.com/antoniablair
 .. _@areski: https://github.com/areski
 .. _@arruda: https://github.com/arruda
+.. _@bittner: https://github.com/bittner
 .. _@bloodpet: https://github.com/bloodpet
 .. _@blopker: https://github.com/blopker
 .. _@bogdal: https://github.com/bogdal
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.rst b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.rst
index 90f1914b..e9a4e610 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.rst
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.rst
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 {{cookiecutter.project_name}}
-==============================
+{{ '=' * cookiecutter.project_name|length }}
 
 {{cookiecutter.description}}
 
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/built%20with-Cookiecutter%20Django-ff69b4.svg
      :target: https://github.com/pydanny/cookiecutter-django/
      :alt: Built with Cookiecutter Django
-
 {% if cookiecutter.open_source_license != "Not open source" %}
-LICENSE: {{cookiecutter.open_source_license}}
+
+:License: {{cookiecutter.open_source_license}}
 {% endif %}
 
 Settings
-------------
+--------
 
 Moved to settings_.
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ To run the tests, check your test coverage, and generate an HTML coverage report
     $ open htmlcov/index.html
 
 Running tests with py.test
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 ::
 
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ Running javascript tests with karma
 
   $ npm test
 
-
 Hot reloading with React and Webpack
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -68,16 +67,13 @@ Start the development server::
 
   $ npm start
 
-
 A more detailed explanation for `Developing locally with webpack`_
 
-
 The `static project readme`_ contains a lot of information about React / Redux and Webpack for this project.
 
 .. _`static project readme`: {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/static/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/README.md
 .. _`Developing locally with webpack`: http://cookiecutter-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developing-locally-webpack.html
 
-
 {% else %}
 
 Live reloading and Sass CSS compilation
@@ -105,7 +101,6 @@ To run a celery worker:
 Please note: For Celery's import magic to work, it is important *where* the celery commands are run. If you are in the same folder with *manage.py*, you should be right.
 
 {% endif %}
-
 {% if cookiecutter.use_mailhog == "y" %}
 
 Email Server
@@ -136,7 +131,6 @@ To view messages that are sent by your application, open your browser and go to
 The email server will exit when you exit the Grunt task on the CLI with Ctrl+C.
 {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
-
 {% if cookiecutter.use_sentry_for_error_reporting == "y" %}
 
 Sentry
@@ -146,15 +140,12 @@ Sentry is an error logging aggregator service. You can sign up for a free accoun
 The system is setup with reasonable defaults, including 404 logging and integration with the WSGI application.
 
 You must set the DSN url in production.
-
 {% endif %}
 
-
 Deployment
 ----------
 
 The following details how to deploy this application.
-
 {% if cookiecutter.use_heroku == "y" %}
 
 Heroku
@@ -166,9 +157,7 @@ Heroku
 See detailed `cookiecutter-django Heroku documentation`_.
 
 .. _`cookiecutter-django Heroku documentation`: http://cookiecutter-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deployment-on-heroku.html
-
 {% endif %}
-
 {% if cookiecutter.use_docker == "y" %}
 
 Docker
@@ -177,5 +166,4 @@ Docker
 See detailed `cookiecutter-django Docker documentation`_.
 
 .. _`cookiecutter-django Docker documentation`: http://cookiecutter-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deployment-with-docker.html
-
 {% endif %}