diff --git a/distrib/docs/english/source/avisynthdoc/contributing/compiling_avsplus.rst b/distrib/docs/english/source/avisynthdoc/contributing/compiling_avsplus.rst
index 7b3335ff6..f40c692a4 100644
--- a/distrib/docs/english/source/avisynthdoc/contributing/compiling_avsplus.rst
+++ b/distrib/docs/english/source/avisynthdoc/contributing/compiling_avsplus.rst
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ one line.  Make sure to copy/paste all of the lines in the command.
 Download the AviSynth+ source:
 ::
 
-    git clone -b git://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus.git && \
+    git clone https://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus && \
     cd AviSynthPlus
 
 Set up the packaging directory for later:
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ Grab the AviSynth+ source code:
 ::
 
     cd $HOME && \
-    git clone -b git://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus.git && \
+    git clone https://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus && \
     cd AviSynthPlus && \
     mkdir -p avisynth-build/i686 avisynth-build/amd64
 
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ The full instructions for that are contained in the first section of
 Download the source code and prepare the build directories:
 ::
 
-    git clone -b git://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus.git && \
+    git clone https://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus && \
     cd AviSynthPlus && \
     mkdir -p avisynth-build/i686 avisynth-build/amd64 && \
     AVSDIRNAME=avisynth+-gcc_r$(git rev-list --count HEAD)-g$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)-$(date --rfc-3339=date | sed 's/-//g') && \
diff --git a/distrib/docs/english/source/avisynthdoc/contributing/contributing_with_git.rst b/distrib/docs/english/source/avisynthdoc/contributing/contributing_with_git.rst
index 8e387a82b..7170f08f5 100644
--- a/distrib/docs/english/source/avisynthdoc/contributing/contributing_with_git.rst
+++ b/distrib/docs/english/source/avisynthdoc/contributing/contributing_with_git.rst
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ can grab any changes that occur upstream:
 
 ::
 
-    git remote add upstream git://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus.git
+    git remote add upstream https://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus
     git fetch upstream
 
 This is a two-step process.  Let's break it down: *git remote* is the name of the
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ you want to track.
 +------------+------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+
 | Command    | Subcommand | Name     | URL                                        |
 +============+============+==========+============================================+
-| git remote | add        | upstream | git://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus.git |
+| git remote | add        | upstream | https://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus   |
 +------------+------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+
 
 On its own, though, this only sets up the bookmark.  It doesn't
diff --git a/distrib/docs/english/source/avisynthdoc/contributing/posix.rst b/distrib/docs/english/source/avisynthdoc/contributing/posix.rst
index c7e513034..6e5436e79 100644
--- a/distrib/docs/english/source/avisynthdoc/contributing/posix.rst
+++ b/distrib/docs/english/source/avisynthdoc/contributing/posix.rst
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Ubuntu 19.10 or higher
 
 ::
 
-    git clone git://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus.git && \
+    git clone https://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus && \
     cd AviSynthPlus && \
     mkdir avisynth-build && \
     cd avisynth-build && \
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ the use of the `filesystem submodule`_.
 
 ::
 
-    git clone --recursive git://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus.git && \
+    git clone --recursive https://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus && \
     cd AviSynthPlus && \
     mkdir avisynth-build && \
     cd avisynth-build && \
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ using `an external implementation`_ as a submodule.
 
 ::
 
-    git clone --recursive git://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus.git && \
+    git clone --recursive https://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus && \
     cd AviSynthPlus && \
     mkdir avisynth-build && \
     cd avisynth-build
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ Tested on FreeBSD 12.1.
 
     pkg install cmake git gmake ninja
 
-    git clone git://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus.git && \
+    git clone https://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus && \
     cd AviSynthPlus && \
     mkdir avisynth-build && \
     cd avisynth-build
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ Building FFmpeg
 
 ::
 
-    git clone git://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git
+    git clone https://git.videolan.org/git/ffmpeg.git
     cd ffmpeg
 
 
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ built straight away.
 
 ::
 
-    git clone git://github.com/ffms/ffms2.git && \
+    git clone https://github.com/ffms/ffms2 && \
     cd ffms2