diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
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--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ steps at once by running:
         checkout/glib# meson _build
 
 For information about submitting patches see the CONTRIBUTING.md file. For
-information about major design decisions, see the README.rationale file.
+information about major design decisions, see the docs/README.rationale file.
diff --git a/README.rationale b/docs/rationales.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README.rationale
rename to docs/rationales.md