diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index e96a9294b..6b7916a3a 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -3,33 +3,11 @@ reStructuredText for PEPs
 
 Original PEP source may be written using two standard formats, a
 mildly idiomatic plaintext format and the reStructuredText format
-(also, technically plaintext).  These two formats are described in
-PEP 9 and PEP 12 respectively.  The pep2html.py processing and
+(also, technically plaintext).  These two formats are described in PEP
+9 and PEP 12 respectively.  The pep2html.py processing and
 installation script knows how to produce the HTML for either PEP
-format, however in order to process reStructuredText PEPs, you must
-install the Docutils package.  If this package is not installed,
-pep2html.py will simply skip any reStructuredText PEPs.
-
-
-Installing Docutils for reStructuredText PEPs
----------------------------------------------
-
-1. Get the latest Docutils software (CVS snapshot):
-
-       http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docutils-snapshot.tgz
-
-2. Unpack and install the tarball::
-
-       tar -xzf docutils-snapshot.tgz
-       cd docutils
-       python setup.py install
-
-3. Run the pep2html.py script from the updated nondist/peps directory
-   as usual::
-
-       cd <path-to-CVS-checkout>/nondist/peps
-       cvs update
-       pep2html.py ...
+format.  A local copy of the Docutils package is included for
+processing reStructuredText PEPs.
 
 Please report any problems or questions to
 docutils-develop@lists.sourceforge.net or to David Goodger