diff --git a/docs/getting_started.rst b/docs/getting_started.rst
index bc3d2bbe..7b44034c 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started.rst
+++ b/docs/getting_started.rst
@@ -162,10 +162,10 @@ Pelican implements an extension of reStructuredText to enable support for the
 
     This will be turned into :abbr:`HTML (HyperText Markup Language)`.
 
-You can also use Markdown syntax (with a file ending in ``.md``).
-Markdown generation will not work until you explicitly install the ``Markdown``
-package, which can be done via ``pip install Markdown``. Metadata syntax for
-Markdown posts should follow this pattern::
+You can also use Markdown syntax (with a file ending in ``.md``, ``.markdown``,
+or ``.mkd``). Markdown generation will not work until you explicitly install the
+``Markdown`` package, which can be done via ``pip install Markdown``. Metadata
+syntax for Markdown posts should follow this pattern::
 
     Title: My super title
     Date: 2010-12-03 10:20