Index: readme-parser/validator.php
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--- readme-parser/validator.php	(revision 11)
+++ readme-parser/validator.php	(working copy)
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@
 	$url = wp_kses_no_null( stripslashes($_POST['readme_url']) );
 	$url = clean_url( $url );
 
-	if ( strtolower(substr($url, -10, 10)) != 'readme.txt') {
+	if ( strtolower(substr($url, -10, 10)) != 'readme.txt' && strtolower(substr($url, -9, 9)) != 'readme.md') {
 		readme_validator_head('Validator Error!');
-		die('URL must end in <code>readme.txt</code>!');
+		die('URL must end in <code>readme.txt</code> or <code>readme.md</code>!');
 	}
 
 	if ( !$readme_contents = file_get_contents($url) ) {
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 	$readme = $r->parse_readme_contents($readme_contents);
 	validate_readme($readme);
 } else {
-	readme_validator_head('WordPress/BBPress Plugin readme.txt Validator');
+	readme_validator_head('WordPress/BBPress Plugin readme.txt/readme.md Validator');
 ?>
 <p>Enter the URL to your <code>readme.txt</code>:</p>
 <form method="post" action="">