diff --git a/README b/README.md
similarity index 51%
rename from README
rename to README.md
index b9677e5..b6bfd5c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@ the license and copyright information of a script are given in the
 file's header.
 
 The scripts are categorised into directories, and each directory
-contains a README file with description and usage of each script it
+contains a `README` file with description and usage of each script it
 contains.
 
-For convenience, the bin/ directory is maintained with symbolic links
+For your convenience, the `bin/` directory is maintained with symbolic links
 pointing to the scripts in the other directories, so that you can add it
-to your PATH and use the scripts easily. The file extensions (.sh, .pl,
-.py, etc.) are stripped. Only relevant scripts are linked, i.e. those
+to your PATH and use the scripts easily. The file extensions (`.sh`, `.pl`,
+`.py`, etc.) are stripped. Only relevant scripts are linked, i.e. those
 that do not need to be customised in order to be usable, and that are
 not very specialised system administration scripts.
 
-To use the bin/ directory, add something like that in your .bashrc,
-.zshrc or whatever file the shell you're using will source:
+To use the `bin/` directory, add something like that in your `.bashrc`,
+`.zshrc` or whatever file the shell you're using will source:
 
-  PATH="$HOME/path/to/scripts/bin:$PATH"
+    PATH="$HOME/path/to/scripts/bin:$PATH"