diff --git a/contrib/dracut/Makefile.am b/contrib/dracut/Makefile.am
index 8c9a6be089..09805277ff 100644
--- a/contrib/dracut/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/dracut/Makefile.am
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/config/Shellcheck.am
 SUBDIRS = 02zfsexpandknowledge 90zfs
 SHELLCHECKDIRS = $(SUBDIRS)
 
-EXTRA_DIST = README.dracut.markdown
+EXTRA_DIST = README.md
diff --git a/contrib/dracut/README.dracut.markdown b/contrib/dracut/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/dracut/README.dracut.markdown
rename to contrib/dracut/README.md
diff --git a/contrib/initramfs/Makefile.am b/contrib/initramfs/Makefile.am
index 931ceb1316..57e8f5c3a4 100644
--- a/contrib/initramfs/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/initramfs/Makefile.am
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ dist_initrd_SCRIPTS = \
 SUBDIRS = conf.d conf-hooks.d hooks scripts
 SHELLCHECKDIRS = hooks scripts
 
-EXTRA_DIST = \
-	README.initramfs.markdown
+EXTRA_DIST = README.md
diff --git a/contrib/initramfs/README.initramfs.markdown b/contrib/initramfs/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/initramfs/README.initramfs.markdown
rename to contrib/initramfs/README.md
diff --git a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
index d66de0f33f..bdd77b43da 100644
--- a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ systemctl --system daemon-reload >/dev/null || true
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/*.sh
 
 %files dracut
-%doc contrib/dracut/README.dracut.markdown
+%doc contrib/dracut/README.md
 %{_dracutdir}/modules.d/*
 
 %if %{with pyzfs}
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ systemctl --system daemon-reload >/dev/null || true
 
 %if 0%{?_initramfs}
 %files initramfs
-%doc contrib/initramfs/README.initramfs.markdown
+%doc contrib/initramfs/README.md
 /usr/share/initramfs-tools/*
 %else
 # Since we're not building the initramfs package,