diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c97dcd42..1229de30 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 _trial_temp
 build
 build-pypy
 MANIFEST
 dist
 apidocs
 *,cover
 .testrepository
 *.pyc
 *.pyd
 *.pyo
 *.so
 *~
 *.swp
 *.swh
 *.swn
 *.swo
 docs/tutorial/index.html
 dulwich.egg-info/
 .tox/
 .idea/
 .coverage
 htmlcov/
+docs/api/*.txt
diff --git a/docs/index.txt b/docs/index.txt
index 9ea01b0f..78585c8e 100644
--- a/docs/index.txt
+++ b/docs/index.txt
@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
 .. _index:
 
 ======================================
 dulwich - Python implementation of Git
 ======================================
 
 Overview
 ========
 
-.. include:: ../README.md
+.. include:: ../README.rst
 
 Documentation
 =============
 
 .. toctree::
     :maxdepth: 2
 
     performance
     protocol
 
     tutorial/index
 
     api/index
 
 
 Changelog
 =========
 
 .. include:: ../NEWS
 
 Indices and tables
 ==================
 
 * :ref:`genindex`
 * :ref:`modindex`
 * :ref:`search`