diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 2f9d858d7..8a5901d9e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUBDIRS = src ctaocrypt examples testsuite sslSniffer
 EXTRA_DIST = certs/*.pem certs/*.der certs/*.txt certs/*.raw \
     lib/dummy *.sln *.vcproj cyassl-iphone.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj \
-    doc/*.pdf swig/README swig/*.i swig/cyassl_adds.c swig/*.sh swig/runme.* \
+    doc/*.txt swig/README swig/*.i swig/cyassl_adds.c swig/*.sh swig/runme.* \
     swig/python_cyassl.vcproj swig/rsasign.py
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
diff --git a/doc/CyaSSL-Manual.pdf b/doc/CyaSSL-Manual.pdf
deleted file mode 100644
index f486c00ff..000000000
Binary files a/doc/CyaSSL-Manual.pdf and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/doc/README.txt b/doc/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9b367bed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The CyaSSL manual is availalbe at:
+http://www.yassl.com/documentation/CyaSSL-Manual.pdf
+