diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e69de29..5798fb4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+See the git repo.
diff --git a/README b/README
index e69de29..e257745 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+See README.md or README.html
diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index a30c830..0b951fd 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 		<p>JSON-C implements a reference counting object model that allows you to easily 
 		construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings and parse 
 		JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects.
-		It aims to conform to <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159">RFC 7159</a>
+		It aims to conform to <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159">RFC 7159</a>.
 		</p>
 
 		<h3>Building</h3>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
                 <pi>Send email to <strong><code>json-c <i>&lt;at&gt;</i> googlegroups <i>&lt;dot&gt;</i> com</code></strong></p>
 
 		<h3><a href="COPYING">License</a></h3>
-		<p>This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the MIT License..</p>
+		<p>This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the MIT License.</p>
 		<hr/>
 	</body>
 </html>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 76b2140..65b886e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ JSON-C - A JSON implementation in C
 JSON-C implements a reference counting object model that allows you to easily 
 construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings and parse 
 JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects.
-It aims to conform to <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159">RFC 7159</a>
+It aims to conform to [RFC 7159](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159).
 
 Building on Unix with `git`, `gcc` and `autotools`
 --------------------------------------------------
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Make sure you have a complete `libtool` install, including `libtoolize`.
 
 `json-c` GitHub repo: https://github.com/json-c/json-c
 
-```bash
+```sh
 $ git clone https://github.com/json-c/json-c.git
 $ cd json-c
 $ sh autogen.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ $ sh autogen.sh
 
 followed by
 
-```bash
+```sh
 $ ./configure
 $ make
 $ make install
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ $ make install
 
 To build and run the test programs:
 
-```bash
+```sh
 $ make check
 ```