diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index cdeada2d8..33304b70e 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Join our developer chat on Slack if you would like to hack on mitmproxy itself.
 Installation
 ------------
 
-The installation instructions are `here <http://docs.mitmproxy.org/en/stable/install.html>`_.
+The installation instructions are `here <http://docs.mitmproxy.org/en/stable/install.html>`__.
 If you want to contribute changes, keep on reading.
 
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Hacking
 
 To get started hacking on mitmproxy, make sure you have Python_ 3.5.x or above with
 virtualenv_ installed (you can find installation instructions for virtualenv
-`here <http://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_). Then do the following:
+`here <http://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`__). Then do the following:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
@@ -188,6 +188,5 @@ PR checks will fail and block merging. We are using this command to check for st
 .. _.env: https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/blob/master/.env
 .. _Sphinx: http://sphinx-doc.org/
 .. _sphinx-autobuild: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sphinx-autobuild
-.. _issue_tracker: https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/issues
 .. _PEP8: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008
 .. _Google Style Guide: https://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ff1484d0e..0b183da8b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -18,5 +18,9 @@ changedir = docs
 commands = sphinx-build -W -b html -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees . {envtmpdir}/html
 
 [testenv:lint]
-deps = flake8>=2.6.2, <3.1
-commands = flake8 --jobs 8 --count mitmproxy pathod examples test
+deps =
+  flake8>=2.6.2, <3.1
+  rstcheck>=2.2, <3.0
+commands =
+  flake8 --jobs 8 --count mitmproxy pathod examples test
+  rstcheck README.rst
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