diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 4a965eb..e30bfa2 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -2403,9 +2403,11 @@ May be changed by `toggle-post-tangle-hook-dir-usage'."
     "Function to hook on `org-babel-post-tangle-hook'."
     (when (and org-babel-post-tangle-dir
                (derived-mode-p org-babel-post-tangle-dir-modes))
-      (message "Tangle `%S' modes into `%S'"
-               org-babel-post-tangle-dir-modes org-babel-post-tangle-dir)
-        (rename-file (buffer-file-name) org-babel-post-tangle-dir t)))
+      (let ((bfn (buffer-file-name)))
+        (unless (string-suffix-p "init.el" bfn)
+          (message "Tangle file `%S' into `%S'"
+                   (file-name-nondirectory bfn) org-babel-post-tangle-dir)
+          (rename-file bfn org-babel-post-tangle-dir t)))))
 
   (defun toggle-post-tangle-hook-dir-usage ()
     "Toggle tangling to `org-babel-post-tangle-dir'."