diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-# MatPlotCheck Release Notes
-
-All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
-
-The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
-and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
-
-## [Unreleased]
-* Add a vignette for testing vector data plots. (@nkorinek, #208)
-* Add `pillow` as a dev requirement (@lwasser, #253)
-* Removed the `m2r` package from MatPlotCheck (@nkorinek, #247)
-* Made `assert_string_contains()` accept a string instead of a list (@nkorinek, #53)
-* Added functions to get and assert the midpoint values of bins in a histogram (@nkorinek, #184)
-* Created tests for the autograde module (@nkorinek, #105)
-* Created tests for the vector module (@nkorinek, #209)
-* Created functions to test point geometries in VectorTester (@nkorinek, #176)
-* made `assert_string_contains()` accept correct strings with spaces in them (@nkorinek, #182)
-* added contributors file and updated README to remove that information (@nkorinek, #121)
-
-## [0.1.2]
-* Adding flake8 for format and other syntax issues! yay! (@lwasser, #195)
-* Created a vignette covering the testing of histograms (@ryla5068, #149)
-* Created `get_plot_image()` function for the RasterTester object (@nkorinek, #192)
-* Allowed `assert_polygons()` to accept GeoDataFrames and added tests (@nkorinek, #175)
-* raster test inherits from vector to allow for multi layer plot testing (@lwasser, #75)
-
-## [0.1.1]
-* Added test for bin heights of histograms (@ryla5068, #124)
-* Added support for overlapping histograms in histogram tests (@ryla5068, #123)
-
-## [0.1.0]
-* Created a vignette covering base plot tester functionality (@ryla5068, #122)
-* fix pip version to ensure pyproj installs in black tox envt (@lwasser, #144)
-* Changed `get_caption()` to return a string (@ryla5068, #125)
-* Updated `assert_xlabel_ydata()` to support pulling text from x-labels (@ryla5068, #125)
-* Fixed `assert_xydata()` incorrectly failing on some floating point numbers (@ryla5068, #124)
-* Updated all string content assertions in base to use the same syntax (@ryla5068, #132)
-* Moved tests for titles to `test_base_titles.py` (@ryla5068, #115)
-* Created `test_base_data.py` for data tests (@ryla5068, #114)
-* Added custom error messages to all assert functions in base module (@ryla5068, #106)
-* Added all missing docstrings to base module and updated existing ones (@ryla5068, #102)
-* Added significant test coverage to base module (@ryla5068, #101)
-* Replaced references to EarthPy in CONTRIBUTING.rst (@ryla5068, #100)
-* Add tests for raster module (@kysolvik, #32)
-* Added tests for base module -- legend check methods (@kysolvik, #38)
-* Added tests for base modules -- axis check methods (@kysolvik, #37)
-* Add conftest.py to centralize pytest fixtures (@kysolvik, #35)
-* Fix issue with pip 19.1 breaking appveyor build (@kysolvik, #46)
-* Fix Python version mismatch in pre-commit hook vs dev environment (@kysolvik, #31)
-* Adding cross platform builds to CI
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+MatPlotCheck Release Notes
+==========================
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on `Keep a Changelog <https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/>`_, and this project adheres to
+`Semantic Versioning <https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html>`_.
+
+Unreleased
+----------
+
+-  Changed changelog to an rst file. (@nkorinek, #266)
+-  Add a vignette for testing vector data plots. (@nkorinek, #208)
+-  Add ``pillow`` as a dev requirement (@lwasser, #253)
+-  Removed the ``m2r`` package from MatPlotCheck (@nkorinek, #247)
+-  Made ``assert_string_contains()`` accept a string instead of a list
+   (@nkorinek, #53)
+-  Added functions to get and assert the midpoint values of bins in a
+   histogram (@nkorinek, #184)
+-  Created tests for the autograde module (@nkorinek, #105)
+-  Created tests for the vector module (@nkorinek, #209)
+-  Created functions to test point geometries in VectorTester
+   (@nkorinek, #176)
+-  made ``assert_string_contains()`` accept correct strings with spaces
+   in them (@nkorinek, #182)
+-  added contributors file and updated README to remove that information
+   (@nkorinek, #121)
+
+0.1.2
+-----
+
+-  Adding flake8 for format and other syntax issues! yay! (@lwasser,
+   #195)
+-  Created a vignette covering the testing of histograms (@ryla5068,
+   #149)
+-  Created ``get_plot_image()`` function for the RasterTester object
+   (@nkorinek, #192)
+-  Allowed ``assert_polygons()`` to accept GeoDataFrames and added tests
+   (@nkorinek, #175)
+-  raster test inherits from vector to allow for multi layer plot
+   testing (@lwasser, #75)
+
+0.1.1
+-----
+
+-  Added test for bin heights of histograms (@ryla5068, #124)
+-  Added support for overlapping histograms in histogram tests
+   (@ryla5068, #123)
+
+0.1.0
+-----
+
+-  Created a vignette covering base plot tester functionality
+   (@ryla5068, #122)
+-  fix pip version to ensure pyproj installs in black tox envt
+   (@lwasser, #144)
+-  Changed ``get_caption()`` to return a string (@ryla5068, #125)
+-  Updated ``assert_xlabel_ydata()`` to support pulling text from
+   x-labels (@ryla5068, #125)
+-  Fixed ``assert_xydata()`` incorrectly failing on some floating point
+   numbers (@ryla5068, #124)
+-  Updated all string content assertions in base to use the same syntax
+   (@ryla5068, #132)
+-  Moved tests for titles to ``test_base_titles.py`` (@ryla5068, #115)
+-  Created ``test_base_data.py`` for data tests (@ryla5068, #114)
+-  Added custom error messages to all assert functions in base module
+   (@ryla5068, #106)
+-  Added all missing docstrings to base module and updated existing ones
+   (@ryla5068, #102)
+-  Added significant test coverage to base module (@ryla5068, #101)
+-  Replaced references to EarthPy in CONTRIBUTING.rst (@ryla5068, #100)
+-  Add tests for raster module (@kysolvik, #32)
+-  Added tests for base module – legend check methods (@kysolvik, #38)
+-  Added tests for base modules – axis check methods (@kysolvik, #37)
+-  Add conftest.py to centralize pytest fixtures (@kysolvik, #35)
+-  Fix issue with pip 19.1 breaking appveyor build (@kysolvik, #46)
+-  Fix Python version mismatch in pre-commit hook vs dev environment
+   (@kysolvik, #31)
+-  Adding cross platform builds to CI
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.. include:: ../CHANGELOG.rst
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
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--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ It currently supports.
    Examples Gallery <gallery_vignettes/index>
    contributing
    code-of-conduct
+   changelog
 
 Indices and tables
 ==================