diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 727be76d9..7f84811a9 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ include LICENSE.txt
 include CHANGES.txt
 include PROJECT.txt
 include pip/cacert.pem
-recursive-include docs *.txt
+recursive-include docs *.rst
 recursive-include docs *.html
-recursive-exclude docs/_build *.txt
+recursive-exclude docs/_build *.rst
 prune docs/_build/_sources