diff --git a/Documentation/index.rst b/Documentation/index.rst
index 633c951f6932..6217acab92db 100644
--- a/Documentation/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/index.rst
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ implementation.
    m68k/index
    powerpc/index
    mips/index
+   nios2/nios2
    openrisc/index
    parisc/index
    riscv/index
diff --git a/Documentation/nios2/README b/Documentation/nios2/nios2.rst
similarity index 96%
rename from Documentation/nios2/README
rename to Documentation/nios2/nios2.rst
index 054a67d55563..43da3f7cee76 100644
--- a/Documentation/nios2/README
+++ b/Documentation/nios2/nios2.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+=================================
 Linux on the Nios II architecture
 =================================