diff --git a/DOCS/xml/README b/DOCS/xml/README
index 1897dd53eb..f05432aaa2 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/README
+++ b/DOCS/xml/README
@@ -73,6 +73,28 @@ to see all available build targets and make your choice. If something goes
 wrong, check the Configuration section of the toplevel Makefile and adjust
 the variables.
 
+The documentation and its translations reside in subdirectories.
+When building the documentation, the generated HTML files are
+placed in subdirectories of the 'HTML' directory.
+
+IMPORTANT: Do NOT place sensitive files under 'HTML'!
+           It is for generated documentation only.
+           The whole directory tree is wiped out by the Makefile
+           when running 'make distclean' or 'make clean'.
+
+
+Adding new translations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+1) Create a new subdirectory and copy the XML files there. main.xml must not be
+   copied, it is autogenerated.
+
+2) In each translated file after the <?xml ... ?> tag you must put a note
+   like <!-- synced with r2 -->, where 2 is the revision of corresponding
+   English file (see comment at the top of file).
+
+That's all, in theory.
+
 
 A few words about SGML catalog files
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/README.maintainers b/DOCS/xml/README.maintainers
deleted file mode 100644
index bd3fb0c13a..0000000000
--- a/DOCS/xml/README.maintainers
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-The documentation and its translations reside in subdirectories.
-When building the documentation, the generated HTML files are
-placed in subdirectories of the 'HTML' directory.
-
-IMPORTANT: Do NOT place sensitive files under 'HTML'!
-           It is for generated documentation only.
-           The whole directory tree is wiped out by the Makefile
-           when running 'make distclean' or 'make clean'.
-
-
-Adding new translations
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-1) Create a new subdirectory and copy the XML files there. main.xml must not be
-   copied, it is autogenerated.
-
-2) In each translated file after the <?xml ... ?> tag you must put a note
-   like <!-- synced with r2 -->, where 2 is the revision of corresponding
-   English file (see comment at the top of file).
-
-That's all, in theory.