diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b162750..b7cebf9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ Run `wp2git --help` for more options.
 
 ### Requirements
 
-`git` should be accessible from `PATH`. The [`mwclient` package](http://github.com/mwclient/mwclient)
+`git` should be accessible from `PATH`. The [`mwclient` package](https://github.com/mwclient/mwclient)
 is required.
 
 ### Entirely based on
 
-[CyberShadow's version](http://github.com/CyberShadow/wp2git) written in the D language.
+[CyberShadow's version](https://github.com/CyberShadow/wp2git) written in the D language.
diff --git a/wp2git/wp2git.py b/wp2git/wp2git.py
index 5c19b2f..15a895d 100755
--- a/wp2git/wp2git.py
+++ b/wp2git/wp2git.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def parse_args():
     g2 = p.add_argument_group('MediaWiki site selection')
     g=g2.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
     g.add_argument('--lang', default=lang, help='Wikipedia language code (default %(default)s)')
-    g.add_argument('--site', help='Alternate MediaWiki site (e.g. http://commons.wikimedia.org[/w/])')
+    g.add_argument('--site', help='Alternate MediaWiki site (e.g. https://commons.wikimedia.org[/w/])')
 
     args = p.parse_args()
     if not args.doimport: