diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.rst2. The document identifier must always start with an underscore and
similarity index 99%
rename from Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
rename to Documentation/RCU/checklist.rst
index e98ff261a438..49bf7862c950 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-Review Checklist for RCU Patches
+.. checklist doc:
should not contain white spaces, something like:
.. _checklist_doc:
should work.