diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from appveyor.yml
rename to .appveyor.yml
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 0191e0d0a..71a1b38ce 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ include docs/docutils.conf
 
 exclude .coveragerc
 exclude .mailmap
+exclude .appveyor.yml
 exclude .travis.yml
 exclude tox.ini
-exclude appveyor.yml
 
 recursive-include src/pip/_vendor *.pem
 recursive-include docs Makefile *.rst *.py *.bat
diff --git a/docs/html/development/contributing.rst b/docs/html/development/contributing.rst
index 3dcf74726..07f8a888a 100644
--- a/docs/html/development/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/html/development/contributing.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Automated Testing
 =================
 
 All pull requests and merges to 'master' branch are tested using `Travis CI`_
-and `Appveyor CI`_ based on our `.travis.yml`_ and `appveyor.yml`_ files.
+and `Appveyor CI`_ based on our `.travis.yml`_ and `.appveyor.yml`_ files.
 
 You can find the status and results to the CI runs for your PR on GitHub's Web
 UI for the pull request. You can also find links to the CI services' pages for
@@ -245,5 +245,5 @@ and they will initiate a vote.
 .. _`Travis CI`: https://travis-ci.org/
 .. _`Appveyor CI`: https://www.appveyor.com/
 .. _`.travis.yml`: https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/master/.travis.yml
-.. _`appveyor.yml`: https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/master/appveyor.yml
+.. _`.appveyor.yml`: https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/master/.appveyor.yml
 .. _`towncrier`: https://pypi.org/project/towncrier/