diff --git a/docs/README.rst b/docs/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e5949f15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Verilator Documentation
+=======================
+
+This folder contains sources for Verilator documentation.
+
+For formatted documentation see:
+
+- `Verilator README <https://github.com/verilator/verilator>`_
+
+- `Verilator installation and package directory structure
+  <https://verilator.org/install>`_
+
+- `Verilator manual (HTML) <https://verilator.org/verilator_doc.html>`_,
+  or `Verilator manual (PDF) <https://verilator.org/verilator_doc.pdf>`_
+
+- `Subscribe to Verilator announcements
+  <https://github.com/verilator/verilator-announce>`_
+
+- `Verilator forum <https://verilator.org/forum>`_
+
+- `Verilator issues <https://verilator.org/issues>`_
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_dist_copyright.pl b/test_regress/t/t_dist_copyright.pl
index 18338c290..be727f19d 100755
--- a/test_regress/t/t_dist_copyright.pl
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_dist_copyright.pl
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ our @Exempt_Files_List = qw(
     ci/coverage-upload.sh
     docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst
     docs/CONTRIBUTORS
+    docs/README.rst
     docs/_static
     docs/gen
     docs/spelling.txt