diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 20f89a79b..9d49e8d5f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ search.checker.%: install
 	$(Q)./manage pyenv.cmd searx-checker -v "$(subst _, ,$(patsubst search.checker.%,%,$@))"
 
 PHONY += test ci.test test.shell
-ci.test: test.yamllint test.black test.pylint test.unit test.robot
-test:    test.yamllint test.black test.pylint test.unit test.robot test.shell
+ci.test: test.yamllint test.black test.pylint test.unit test.robot test.rst
+test:    test.yamllint test.black test.pylint test.unit test.robot test.rst test.shell
 test.shell:
 	$(Q)shellcheck -x -s dash \
 		dockerfiles/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ MANAGE += py.build py.clean
 MANAGE += pyenv pyenv.install pyenv.uninstall
 MANAGE += pypi.upload pypi.upload.test
 MANAGE += format.python
-MANAGE += test.yamllint test.pylint test.black test.unit test.coverage test.robot test.clean
+MANAGE += test.yamllint test.pylint test.black test.unit test.coverage test.robot test.rst test.clean
 MANAGE += themes.all themes.oscar themes.simple themes.simple.test pygments.less
 MANAGE += static.build.commit static.build.drop static.build.restore
 MANAGE += nvm.install nvm.clean nvm.status nvm.nodejs
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index becf7b989..38a50a62f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
+----
+
 .. figure:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/searxng/searxng/master/src/brand/searxng.svg
    :target: https://docs.searxng.org/
    :alt: SearXNG
    :width: 100%
    :align: center
-   
+
+----
+
+Privacy-respecting, hackable `metasearch engine`_
+
+If you are looking for running instances, ready to use, then visit searx.space_.
+Otherwise jump to the user_, admin_ and developer_ handbooks you will find on
+our homepage_.
+
 |SearXNG install|
 |SearXNG homepage|
 |SearXNG wiki|
@@ -15,12 +25,7 @@
 |weblate|
 |SearXNG logo|
 
-Privacy-respecting, hackable `metasearch engine`_
-
-If you are looking for running instances, ready to use, then visit searx.space_.
-
-Otherwise jump to the user_, admin_ and developer_ handbooks you will find on
-our homepage_.
+----
 
 .. _searx.space: https://searx.space
 .. _user: https://docs.searxng.org/user
@@ -58,26 +63,76 @@ our homepage_.
    :target: https://weblate.bubu1.eu/projects/searxng/
 
 
-SearXNG is a fork of `searx`_:
+Contact
+=======
 
-* `the differences with searx <https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/46>`_
-* `exhaustive changelog <https://github.com/searxng/searxng/wiki/Changes-from-version-1.0.0>`_
+Come join us if you have questions or just want to chat about SearXNG.
+
+Matrix
+  `#searxng:matrix.org <https://matrix.to/#/#searxng:matrix.org>`_
+
+IRC
+  `#searxng on libera.chat <https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#searxng>`_
+  which is bridged to Matrix.
+
+
+Differences to searx
+====================
+
+SearXNG is a fork of `searx`_.  Here are some of the changes:
 
 .. _searx: https://github.com/searx/searx
 
 
-Contact
-"""""""
+User experience
+---------------
 
-Matrix: `#searxng:matrix.org <https://matrix.to/#/#searxng:matrix.org>`_
+- Huge update of the simple theme:
+
+  * usable on desktop, tablet and mobile
+  * light and dark versions (you can choose in the preferences)
+  * support right-to-left languages
+
+- the translations are up to date, you can contribute on `Weblate`_
+- the preferences page has been updated:
+
+  * you can see which engines are reliable or not
+  * engines are grouped inside each tab
+  * each engine has a description
+
+- it is easier to report a bug of an engine
+- but you can also disable the recording of the metrics on the server
+
+
+Setup
+-----
+
+- the Docker image is now also built for ARM64 and ARM/v7 architectures
+- you don't need `Morty`_ to proxy the images even on a public instance
+- on the way to embed `Filtron`_ into SearXNG
+- up to date installation scripts
+
+
+Contributing is easier
+----------------------
+
+- readable debug log
+- contributions to the themes are made easier, check out our `Development
+  Quickstart`_ guide
+- a lot of code cleanup and bug fixes
+- the dependencies are up to date
+
+.. _Morty: https://github.com/asciimoo/morty
+.. _Filtron: https://github.com/searxng/filtron
+.. _Weblate: https://weblate.bubu1.eu/projects/searxng/searxng/
+.. _Development Quickstart: https://docs.searxng.org/dev/quickstart.html
 
-IRC:  `#searxng on libera.chat <https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#searxng>`_ which is bridged to Matrix.
 
- 
 Translations
-""""""""""""
+============
 
-We need translators, suggestions are welcome at https://weblate.bubu1.eu/projects/searxng/searxng/
+We need translators, suggestions are welcome at
+https://weblate.bubu1.eu/projects/searxng/searxng/
 
 .. figure:: https://weblate.bubu1.eu/widgets/searxng/-/multi-auto.svg
    :target: https://weblate.bubu1.eu/projects/searxng/
diff --git a/manage b/manage
index 1643802f4..88ac75aac 100755
--- a/manage
+++ b/manage
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ while IFS= read -r line; do
    YAMLLINT_FILES+=("$line")
 done <<< "$(git ls-files './tests/*.yml' './searx/*.yml' './utils/templates/etc/searxng/*.yml')"
 
+RST_FILES=(
+    'README.rst'
+)
+
 PYLINT_SEARXNG_DISABLE_OPTION="\
 I,C,R,\
 W0105,W0212,W0511,W0603,W0613,W0621,W0702,W0703,W1401,\
@@ -103,6 +107,7 @@ test.:
   unit      : run unit tests
   coverage  : run unit tests with coverage
   robot     : run robot test
+  rst       : test .rst files incl. README.rst
   clean     : clean intermediate test stuff
 themes.:
   all       : build all themes
@@ -707,6 +712,13 @@ test.robot() {
     dump_return $?
 }
 
+test.rst() {
+    build_msg TEST "[reST markup] ${RST_FILES[@]}"
+    for rst in "${RST_FILES[@]}"; do
+        pyenv.cmd rst2html.py --halt error "$rst" > /dev/null || die 42 "fix issue in $rst"
+    done
+}
+
 test.clean() {
     build_msg CLEAN  "test stuff"
     rm -rf geckodriver.log .coverage coverage/