diff --git a/Doxyfile.in b/Doxyfile.in
index 9f9f68f75..c3d2f0914 100644
--- a/Doxyfile.in
+++ b/Doxyfile.in
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ WARN_LOGFILE           =
 # spaces. See also FILE_PATTERNS and EXTENSION_MAPPING
 # Note: If this tag is empty the current directory is searched.
 
-INPUT                  = include
+INPUT                  = README.md include examples
 
 # This tag can be used to specify the character encoding of the source files
 # that doxygen parses. Internally doxygen uses the UTF-8 encoding. Doxygen uses
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ FILTER_SOURCE_PATTERNS =
 # (index.html). This can be useful if you have a project on for instance GitHub
 # and want to reuse the introduction page also for the doxygen output.
 
-USE_MDFILE_AS_MAINPAGE = 
+USE_MDFILE_AS_MAINPAGE = README.md
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Configuration options related to source browsing