diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
deleted file mode 100644
index de50361..0000000
--- a/INSTALL
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-The following dependencies are needed:
-
-    dbus
-    libxinerama
-    libxft
-    libxss
-    libxdg-basedir
-    glib
-    pango/cairo
-
-On Debian and Debian-based distros you'll probably also need the *-dev packages.
-
-With all dependencies present you can build dunst with:
-
-    $ make
-
-If you're getting compilation errors after an update try compiling
-with the default config.h.
-If you didn't edit your config.h you can just delete it.
-
-and install with:
-
-    $ sudo make PREFIX=/usr install
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 18c8e18..e297b2f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ clean-doc:
 clean: clean-dunst clean-dunstify clean-doc test-clean
 
 doc: dunst.1
-dunst.1: README.pod
+dunst.1: docs/dunst.pod
 	pod2man --name=dunst -c "Dunst Reference" --section=1 --release=${VERSION} $< > $@
 
 service:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3cd19b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+## Dunst
+
+
+## Description
+
+Dunst is a highly configurable and lightweight notification daemon.
+
+
+## Compiling
+
+Dunst has a number of build dependencies that must be present before attempting configuration. The names are different depending on distribution:
+
+- dbus
+- libxinerama
+- libxft
+- libxss
+- libxdg-basedir
+- glib
+- pango
+- cairo
+
+On Debian and Debian-based distros you'll probably also need the *-dev packages.
+
+To build it:
+```bash
+cd dunst
+make
+sudo make PREFIX=/usr install
+```
+
+
+## Bug reports
+
+Please use the [issue tracker][issue-tracker] provided by GitHub to send us bug reports or feature requests.
+
+
+## Author
+
+written by Sascha Kruse <knopwob@googlemail.com>
+
+
+## Copyright
+
+copyright 2013 Sascha Kruse and contributors (see LICENSE for licensing information)
+
+If you feel that copyrights are violated, please send me an email.
diff --git a/README.pod b/docs/dunst.pod
similarity index 100%
rename from README.pod
rename to docs/dunst.pod