diff --git a/README.rst b/README.md
index 08ae0a1..fe06873 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-=========================
- A groovy modbus library
-=========================
+A groovy modbus library
+=======================
 
 Overview
 --------
@@ -11,15 +10,15 @@ serial port or an Ethernet connection.
 
 The functions included in the library have been derived from the
 Modicon Modbus Protocol Reference Guide which can be obtained from
-Schneider at www.schneiderautomation.com.
+Schneider at [www.schneiderautomation.com](http://www.schneiderautomation.com).
 
 The license of libmodbus is LGPL v2.1 or later and the licence of programs in
 tests directory is GPL v3.
 
 The documentation is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
-License 3.0 (Unported) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).
+License 3.0 (Unported) (<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>).
 
-The official website is http://www.libmodbus.org.
+The official website is [www.libmodbus.org](http://www.libmodbus.org).
 
 The library is written in C and designed to run on Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and
 QNX and Windows.
@@ -27,27 +26,27 @@ QNX and Windows.
 Installation
 ------------
 
-To instal, just run the usual dance, ``./configure && make install`` and run
-``./autogen.sh`` first if the ``configure.sh`` is not present.
+To instal, just run the usual dance, `./configure && make install` and run
+`./autogen.sh` first if the `configure.sh` is not present.
 
 If you want to compile with Microsoft Visual Studio, you need to install
-http://code.google.com/p/msinttypes/ to fill the absence of stdint.h.
+<http://code.google.com/p/msinttypes/> to fill the absence of stdint.h.
 
-To compile under Windows, install `MinGW <http://www.mingw.org/>`_ and MSYS then
+To compile under Windows, install [MinGW](http://www.mingw.org/) and MSYS then
 select the common packages (gcc, automake, libtool, etc).
 
 Testing
 -------
 
-Some tests are provided in the ``tests`` directory, you can
-freely edit the source code to fit your needs (it's Free Sofware :).
+Some tests are provided in the `tests` directory, you can freely edit the source
+code to fit your needs (it's Free Sofware :).
 
-See ``tests/README`` for a description of each program.
+See *tests/README* for a description of each program.
 
 Report a Bug
 ------------
 
 To report a bug, you can:
- * fill a bug report on the issue tracker
-   http://github.com/stephane/libmodbus/issues
- * or send an email to stephane.raimbault@gmail.com
+
+* fill a bug report on the issue tracker <http://github.com/stephane/libmodbus/issues>
+* or send an email to stephane.raimbault@gmail.com