diff --git a/include/toplevel.mk b/include/toplevel.mk
index 0a64afe153..c7e71ad571 100644
--- a/include/toplevel.mk
+++ b/include/toplevel.mk
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ package/symlinks-clean:
 	./scripts/feeds uninstall -a
 
 help:
-	cat README
+	cat README.md
 
 distclean: cacheclean
 	rm -rf bin build_dir .config* dl feeds key-build* logs package/feeds package/openwrt-packages staging_dir tmp