diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index f5aeb34a..924f5a8a 100644
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -72,5 +72,5 @@ The Bitcoin repo's [root README](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/
 License
 ---------------------
 Distributed under the [MIT/X11 software license](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php).
-This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the [OpenSSL Toolkit](http://www.openssl.org/). This product includes
+This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the [OpenSSL Toolkit](https://www.openssl.org/). This product includes
 cryptographic software written by Eric Young ([eay@cryptsoft.com](mailto:eay@cryptsoft.com)), and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.
diff --git a/doc/README_windows.txt b/doc/README_windows.txt
index 18fd4216..368f2b45 100644
--- a/doc/README_windows.txt
+++ b/doc/README_windows.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2009-2014 Bitcoin Core Developers
 Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
 file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in
-the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/).  This product includes
+the OpenSSL Toolkit (https://www.openssl.org/).  This product includes
 cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com).