diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
rename to CONTRIBUTORS.rst
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6f06db7ef..1814d5dd3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ setup(
     long_description=(
         _read('README.rst') + b'\n' +
         _read('CHANGES.rst') + b'\n' +
-        _read('docs/CONTRIBUTORS.txt')).decode('utf-8'),
+        _read('CONTRIBUTORS.rst')).decode('utf-8'),
     author='Alex Clark (fork author)',
     author_email='aclark@aclark.net',
     url='http://python-imaging.github.io/',