diff --git a/bin/dib-lint b/bin/dib-lint
index e1e3c82d..5cdeb0c2 100755
--- a/bin/dib-lint
+++ b/bin/dib-lint
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ rc=0
 TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/tmp.XXXXXXXXXX)
 trap "rm -rf $TMPDIR" EXIT
 
+# Elements have a README.rst file
+for i in $(find $ELEMENTS_DIR -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d); do
+    [ -f "${i}/README.rst" ] || error "$i lacks a README.rst"
+done
+
 # note .py files are run through flake8 directly in tox.ini
 for i in $(find $ELEMENTS_DIR -type f \
                 -not -name \*.rst     \
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/disable-selinux/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/disable-selinux/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3aba5531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/disable-selinux/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+disable-selinux
+---------------
+
+Including this element disables SELinux.
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/rpm-distro/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/rpm-distro/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cce5b8ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/rpm-distro/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+rpm-distro
+----------
+
+Base element for distributions based on RPM.