diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 569e03bb547..dbc5b9a472d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ COPY setup.cfg /src/
 COPY sql /src/sql
 COPY test.xml /src/
 COPY LICENSE.txt /src/
-COPY history.txt /src/
+COPY history.rst /src/
 RUN chown -R omero /src
 USER omero
 WORKDIR /src
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 2d1659c0c8f..62344ee6c66 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ To get started using Eclipse, execute "ant build-dev" and import the top-level
     </target>
 
     <target name="copy-history" depends="init">
-            <copy file="${omero.home}/history.txt" todir="${dist.dir}/"/>
+            <copy file="${omero.home}/history.rst" todir="${dist.dir}/"/>
     </target>
 
     <target name="copy-etc" depends="init">
diff --git a/history.rst b/history.rst
index b9240d5cd18..9df95403f8d 100644
--- a/history.rst
+++ b/history.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .. Content for this page should be opened as a PR against
-.. https://github.com/openmicroscopy/openmicroscopy/blob/develop/history.txt
+.. https://github.com/openmicroscopy/openmicroscopy/blob/develop/history.rst
 .. initially and transferred to this page via the autogen job
 
 OMERO version history