diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 4c65fd4f9..a7f72458a 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cache files.)
 
    If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
 to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
-diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
+diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README.md' so they can
 be considered for the next release.  If you are using the cache, and at
 some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
 may remove or edit it.
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Optional Features
 `configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
 They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
 is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System).  The
-`README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
+`README.md' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
 package recognizes.
 
    For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
@@ -206,4 +206,3 @@ operates.
 
 `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.  Run
 `configure --help' for more details.
-