diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b6e6882a792d44c23736b63392e827373920b57f..0c25092f0dab316f867e3015f2100131ef3ca898 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ See the `Kwant web site <http://kwant-project.org/>`_ for the latest version.  A
 discussions, questions, and reporting bugs. The development of Kwant can be
 followed via the `public git repository <http://git.kwant-project.org/kwant>`_.
 
-See also the files INSTALL.rst, LICENSE.rst, AUTHORS.rst, CITING.rst, and
-CONTRIBUTE.rst in this directory.
+See also in this directory: `<INSTALL.rst>`_, `<LICENSE.rst>`_, `<AUTHORS.rst>`_,
+`<CITING.rst>`_, `<CONTRIBUTE.rst>`_.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index de9a3a66025c5977dc20d611c5719bd51107835e..93f29da52bde861fe08a7ad9c73d21f9a4d096c4 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 CONFIG_FILE = 'build.conf'
 README_FILE = 'README.rst'
-README_END_BEFORE = 'See also the files'
+README_END_BEFORE = 'See also in this directory:'
 STATIC_VERSION_FILE = 'kwant/_static_version.py'
 REQUIRED_CYTHON_VERSION = (0, 17, 1)
 NO_CYTHON_OPTION = '--no-cython'