diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
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+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for password-instances
 
+## 2.0.0.1
+
+-   Fixed README markdown for hackage.
+
 ## 2.0.0.0
 
 -   No longer re-exports anything from `password` to be
diff --git a/README b/README
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@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# password-instances
-
-[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/cdepillabout/password.svg)](http://travis-ci.org/cdepillabout/password)
-[![Hackage](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/password-instances.svg)](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/password-instances)
-[![Stackage LTS](http://stackage.org/package/password-instances/badge/lts)](http://stackage.org/lts/package/password-instances)
-[![Stackage Nightly](http://stackage.org/package/password-instances/badge/nightly)](http://stackage.org/nightly/package/password-instances)
-[![BSD3 license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-BSD3-blue.svg)](./LICENSE)
-
-This package provides various typeclass instances for the plain-text password
-and hashed password datatypes from the
-[password](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/password) package.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# password-instances
+
+[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/cdepillabout/password.svg)](http://travis-ci.org/cdepillabout/password)
+[![Hackage](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/password-instances.svg)](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/password-instances)
+[![Stackage LTS](http://stackage.org/package/password-instances/badge/lts)](http://stackage.org/lts/package/password-instances)
+[![Stackage Nightly](http://stackage.org/package/password-instances/badge/nightly)](http://stackage.org/nightly/package/password-instances)
+[![BSD3 license](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-BSD3-blue.svg)](./LICENSE)
+
+This package provides various typeclass instances for the plain-text password
+and hashed password datatypes from the
+[password](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/password) package.
diff --git a/password-instances.cabal b/password-instances.cabal
--- a/password-instances.cabal
+++ b/password-instances.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version: 1.12
 
 name:           password-instances
-version:        2.0.0.0
+version:        2.0.0.1
 category:       Data
 synopsis:       typeclass instances for password package
 description:    A library providing typeclass instances for common libraries for the types from the password package.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 license-file:   LICENSE
 build-type:     Custom
 extra-source-files:
-    README
+    README.md
     ChangeLog.md
 
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