diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.rst
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rename from LICENSE.txt
rename to LICENSE.rst
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9aec21b1..5094558f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SNMP library for Python
 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pysnmp.svg?maxAge=2592000)](https://pypi.org/project/pysnmp/)
 [![Python Versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/pysnmp.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/pysnmp/)
 [![Build status](https://travis-ci.org/etingof/pysnmp.svg?branch=master)](https://secure.travis-ci.org/etingof/pysnmp)
-[![GitHub license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-BSD-blue.svg)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/etingof/pysnmp/master/LICENSE.txt)
+[![GitHub license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-BSD-blue.svg)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/etingof/pysnmp/master/LICENSE.rst)
 
 This is a pure-Python, open source and free implementation of v1/v2c/v3
 SNMP engine distributed under 2-clause [BSD license](http://snmplabs.com/pysnmp/license.html).
diff --git a/docs/source/license.rst b/docs/source/license.rst
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--- a/docs/source/license.rst
+++ b/docs/source/license.rst
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 License
 =======
 
-.. include:: ../../LICENSE.txt
+.. include:: ../../LICENSE.rst