diff --git a/docs/HISTORY.txt b/CHANGES.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/HISTORY.txt
rename to CHANGES.rst
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4acef5767..bcfdbaef8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ setup(
     description='Python Imaging Library (fork)',
     long_description=(
         _read('README.rst') + b'\n' +
-        _read('docs/HISTORY.txt') + b'\n' +
+        _read('HISTORY.rst') + b'\n' +
         _read('docs/CONTRIBUTORS.txt')).decode('utf-8'),
     author='Alex Clark (fork author)',
     author_email='aclark@aclark.net',