diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9ed2424b5..df1426b2f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ var/*
 etc/*.conf
 etc/*.ini
 ChangeLog
+AUTHORS
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS.rst
similarity index 84%
rename from AUTHORS
rename to AUTHORS.rst
index 114e9f14a..723f850e0 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ Kurt Griffiths (mail@kgriffs.com)
 Jamie Painter (jamie.painter@rackspace.com)
 Flavio Premoli (flaper87@flaper87.org)
 Zhihao Yuan (lichray@gmail.com)
+
+See also AUTHORS for a complete list of contributors.