diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL.mkd
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rename from INSTALL
rename to INSTALL.mkd
index c815405..402cc89 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL.mkd
@@ -112,9 +112,7 @@ And once in a while, if you're feeling particularly BOFH-ish, take a look at
     hanging up or something.  I have no idea what that is, but it doesn't seem
     to hurt anything.  This happens even in normal git, not just gitolite.
 
-----
-
-Footnotes:
+### Footnotes:
 
 [1] Actually, due to the way gitolite is architected, you can manage
 without `Data::Dumper` on the server if you have no choice.  Only
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.mkd
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rename from README.markdown
rename to README.mkd
index e8349ed..e7d557e 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.mkd
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ that:
 
 All of this pointed to a rewrite.  In perl, naturally :-)
 
-### what's extra?
+### what's new
 
 Per-branch permissions.  You will not believe how often I am asked this at
 $DAYJOB.  This is almost the single reason I started *thinking* about rolling