diff --git a/docs/building.rst b/docs/building.rst
index c2a3e7549..679daf3bd 100644
--- a/docs/building.rst
+++ b/docs/building.rst
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ dependent boost libraries with the correct compiler settings, in order to
 ensure that the build targets are link compatible (see `boost guidelines`__
 for some details on this issue).
 
-__ http://boost.org/more/separate_compilation.html
+__ https://boost.org/more/separate_compilation.html
 
 Since BBv2 will build the boost libraries for you, you need the full boost
 source package. Having boost installed via some package system is usually not
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Step 1: Download boost
 
 You'll find boost here__.
 
-__ http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=8041&release_id=619445
+__ https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=8041&release_id=619445
 
 Extract the archive to some directory where you want it. For the sake of this
 guide, let's assume you extract the package to ``c:\boost_1_64_0`` (I'm using
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Note that the spaces around the semi-colons and colons are important!
 
 Also see the `official installation instructions`_.
 
-.. _`official installation instructions`: http://www.boost.org/doc/html/bbv2/installation.html
+.. _`official installation instructions`: https://www.boost.org/doc/html/bbv2/installation.html
 
 
 Step 3: Building libtorrent
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ boost.program-options symbols.
 For more information, see the `Boost build v2 documentation`__, or more
 specifically `the section on builtin features`__.
 
-__ http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v2/index.html
-__ http://www.boost.org/doc/html/bbv2/reference.html#bbv2.advanced.builtins.features
+__ https://www.boost.org/tools/build/v2/index.html
+__ https://www.boost.org/doc/html/bbv2/reference.html#bbv2.advanced.builtins.features
 
 
 building with autotools
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ defines you can use to control the build.
 |                                        | custom one.                                     |
 +----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
 
-.. _`BEP 38`: http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0038.html
+.. _`BEP 38`: https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0038.html
 
 If you experience that libtorrent uses unreasonable amounts of cpu, it will
 definitely help to define ``NDEBUG``, since it will remove the invariant checks
diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst
index ad4f446ee..72f1c55cc 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ There are several ways to contribute to libtorrent at various levels. Any help i
 much appreciated. If you're interested in something libtorrent related that's not
 enumerated on this page, please contact arvid@libtorrent.org or the `mailing list`_.
 
-.. _`mailing list`: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libtorrent-discuss
+.. _`mailing list`: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libtorrent-discuss
 
 1. Testing
 	This is not just limited to finding bugs and ways to reproduce crashes, but also
diff --git a/docs/dht_extensions.rst b/docs/dht_extensions.rst
index a97c716f5..1d5829d13 100644
--- a/docs/dht_extensions.rst
+++ b/docs/dht_extensions.rst
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ IPv6 support
 
 **This extension is superseeded by** `BEP 32`_.
 
-.. _`BEP 32`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0032.html
+.. _`BEP 32`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0032.html
 
 The DHT messages that don't support IPv6 are the ``nodes`` replies.
 They encode all the contacts as 6 bytes packed together in sequence in a
diff --git a/docs/dht_rss.rst b/docs/dht_rss.rst
index e82715691..68b439a4f 100644
--- a/docs/dht_rss.rst
+++ b/docs/dht_rss.rst
@@ -390,8 +390,8 @@ rationale
 ---------
 
 The reason to use curve25519_ instead of, for instance, RSA is compactness. According to
-http://cr.yp.to/, curve25519 is free from patent claims and there are open implementations
+https://cr.yp.to/, curve25519 is free from patent claims and there are open implementations
 in both C and Java.
 
-.. _curve25519: http://cr.yp.to/ecdh.html
+.. _curve25519: https://cr.yp.to/ecdh.html
 
diff --git a/docs/dht_store.rst b/docs/dht_store.rst
index bae89928a..f4d4e457d 100644
--- a/docs/dht_store.rst
+++ b/docs/dht_store.rst
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ number is outdated.
 
 The error message (as specified by BEP5_) looks like this:
 
-.. _BEP5: http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0005.html
+.. _BEP5: https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0005.html
 
 .. parsed-literal::
 
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ Libraries that implement ed25519 DSA:
 * libsodium_
 * `nightcracker's ed25519`_
 
-.. _NaCl: http://nacl.cr.yp.to/
+.. _NaCl: https://nacl.cr.yp.to/
 .. _libsodium: https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium
 .. _`nightcracker's ed25519`: https://github.com/nightcracker/ed25519
 
diff --git a/docs/extension_protocol.rst b/docs/extension_protocol.rst
index 95efc20b6..3f8c848e3 100644
--- a/docs/extension_protocol.rst
+++ b/docs/extension_protocol.rst
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ Don't have metadata:
 |           |               | doesn't have any metadata.             |
 +-----------+---------------+----------------------------------------+
 
-.. _`BEP 9`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0009.html
+.. _`BEP 9`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0009.html
 
 dont_have
 ---------
diff --git a/docs/features.rst b/docs/features.rst
index 472807413..41b9d9662 100644
--- a/docs/features.rst
+++ b/docs/features.rst
@@ -107,19 +107,19 @@ network
 
 
 .. _`DHT extensions`: dht_extensions.html
-.. _`BEP 5`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0005.html
-.. _`BEP 7`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0007.html
-.. _`BEP 9`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0009.html
-.. _`BEP 10`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0010.html
-.. _`BEP 12`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0012.html
-.. _`BEP 15`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0015.html
-.. _`BEP 16`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0016.html
-.. _`BEP 17`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0017.html
-.. _`BEP 19`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0019.html
-.. _`BEP 21`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0021.html
-.. _`BEP 24`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0024.html
-.. _`BEP 27`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0027.html
-.. _`BEP 29`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0029.html
+.. _`BEP 5`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0005.html
+.. _`BEP 7`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0007.html
+.. _`BEP 9`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0009.html
+.. _`BEP 10`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0010.html
+.. _`BEP 12`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0012.html
+.. _`BEP 15`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0015.html
+.. _`BEP 16`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0016.html
+.. _`BEP 17`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0017.html
+.. _`BEP 19`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0019.html
+.. _`BEP 21`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0021.html
+.. _`BEP 24`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0024.html
+.. _`BEP 27`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0027.html
+.. _`BEP 29`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0029.html
 .. _`extension protocol`: extension_protocol.html
 
 highlighted features
diff --git a/docs/gen_reference_doc.py b/docs/gen_reference_doc.py
index 45063f6cc..ca983d44b 100644
--- a/docs/gen_reference_doc.py
+++ b/docs/gen_reference_doc.py
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ symbols = \
 
 static_links = \
 {
-	".. _`BEP 3`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0003.html",
-	".. _`BEP 17`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0017.html",
-	".. _`BEP 19`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0019.html"
+	".. _`BEP 3`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0003.html",
+	".. _`BEP 17`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0017.html",
+	".. _`BEP 19`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0019.html"
 }
 
 anon_index = 0
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index aa76a2005..7d473fd6a 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ libtorrent
 .. _`DHT store extension`: dht_store.html
 .. _`UDP tracker protocol`: udp_tracker_protocol.html
 .. _`HTTP seed`: http://www.getright.com/seedtorrent.html
-.. _multitracker: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0012.html
-.. _mailing list: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libtorrent-discuss
+.. _multitracker: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0012.html
+.. _mailing list: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libtorrent-discuss
 .. _archive: https://sourceforge.net/p/libtorrent/mailman/libtorrent-discuss/
 .. _`who's using libtorrent?`: projects.html
 .. _`report bugs`: https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues
 .. _`github page`: https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent
-.. _blog: http://blog.libtorrent.org
+.. _blog: https://blog.libtorrent.org
 
 .. _java: https://github.com/frostwire/frostwire-jlibtorrent/
 .. _python: python_binding.html
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ See the contribute_ page for other ways to help out.
 	
 	<span style="display:block;text-align:center;margin-top:1em">
 	<span style="display:inline-block">
-	<a class="FlattrButton" style="display:none;" href="http://libtorrent.org"></a>
+	<a class="FlattrButton" style="display:none;" href="https://libtorrent.org"></a>
 	<noscript><a href="https://flattr.com/thing/95662/libtorrent" target="_blank">
-	<img src="http://api.flattr.com/button/flattr-badge-large.png" alt="Flattr this" title="Flattr this" border="0" /></a></noscript>
+	<img src="https://api.flattr.com/button/flattr-badge-large.png" alt="Flattr this" title="Flattr this" border="0" /></a></noscript>
 	</span>
 	
 	<span style="display:inline-block">
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Support
 
 Please direct questions to the `mailing list`__, general libtorrent discussion.
 
-__ http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libtorrent-discuss
+__ https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libtorrent-discuss
 
 You can usually find me as hydri in ``#libtorrent`` on ``irc.freenode.net``.
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ license
 
 libtorrent is released under the BSD-license_.
 
-.. _BSD-license: http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
+.. _BSD-license: https://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
 
 This means that you can use the library in your project without having to
 release its source code. The only requirement is that you give credit
diff --git a/docs/manual.rst b/docs/manual.rst
index 2bd6424ca..ad8fe6769 100644
--- a/docs/manual.rst
+++ b/docs/manual.rst
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ with an associated port.
 
 For documentation on these types, please refer to the `asio documentation`_.
 
-.. _`asio documentation`: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_66_0/doc/html/boost_asio.html
+.. _`asio documentation`: https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_66_0/doc/html/boost_asio.html
 
 exceptions
 ==========
@@ -635,8 +635,8 @@ torrent, only that filename is appended. If the torrent is a multi-file
 torrent, the torrent's name '/' the file name is appended. This is the same
 directory structure that libtorrent will download torrents into.
 
-.. _`BEP 17`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0017.html
-.. _`BEP 19`: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0019.html
+.. _`BEP 17`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0017.html
+.. _`BEP 19`: https://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0019.html
 
 dynamic loading of torrent files
 ================================
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ torrents it distributes, and issue separate peer certificates for each torrent.
 A peer receiving a certificate will not necessarily be able to access all
 torrents published by this root certificate (only if it has a "star cert").
 
-.. _`RFC 2818`: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2818.txt
+.. _`RFC 2818`: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2818.txt
 
 testing
 -------
diff --git a/docs/template.txt b/docs/template.txt
index 1cc78b5af..25b1c0c0b 100644
--- a/docs/template.txt
+++ b/docs/template.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         var s = document.createElement('script'), t = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
         s.type = 'text/javascript';
         s.async = true;
-        s.src = 'http://api.flattr.com/js/0.6/load.js?mode=auto';
+        s.src = 'https://api.flattr.com/js/0.6/load.js?mode=auto';
         t.parentNode.insertBefore(s, t);
     })();
 /* ]]> */
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <table>
     <tr>
       <td><a href="index.html">home</a></td>
-      <td><a href="http://blog.libtorrent.org">blog</a></td>
+      <td><a href="https://blog.libtorrent.org">blog</a></td>
       <td><a href="utp.html">uTP</a></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
diff --git a/docs/template2.txt b/docs/template2.txt
index 7b4687f89..2126ecdd8 100644
--- a/docs/template2.txt
+++ b/docs/template2.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         var s = document.createElement('script'), t = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
         s.type = 'text/javascript';
         s.async = true;
-        s.src = 'http://api.flattr.com/js/0.6/load.js?mode=auto';
+        s.src = 'https://api.flattr.com/js/0.6/load.js?mode=auto';
         t.parentNode.insertBefore(s, t);
     })();
 /* ]]> */
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <table>
     <tr>
       <td><a href="index.html">home</a></td>
-      <td><a href="http://blog.libtorrent.org">blog</a></td>
+      <td><a href="https://blog.libtorrent.org">blog</a></td>
       <td><a href="utp.html">uTP</a></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     </div>
     <div id="filler"></div>
 
-    <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
+    <script src="https://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
     </script>
     <script type="text/javascript">
     _uacct = "UA-1599045-1";
diff --git a/docs/troubleshooting.rst b/docs/troubleshooting.rst
index 29f5469cb..862973a7d 100644
--- a/docs/troubleshooting.rst
+++ b/docs/troubleshooting.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ to download. It is not complete, please submit suggestions via pull requests at
 https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent or to the `mailing list`_. Ideally in the
 form of patches against ``docs/troubleshooting.dot``.
 
-.. _`mailing list`: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libtorrent-discuss
+.. _`mailing list`: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libtorrent-discuss
 
 |thumb|__
 
diff --git a/docs/tutorial.rst b/docs/tutorial.rst
index d18a5c757..7e7b0579f 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial.rst
+++ b/docs/tutorial.rst
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ bdecode_node_ is in use.
 
 For performance details on `bdecode()`_, see the `blog post about it`__.
 
-__ http://blog.libtorrent.org/2015/03/bdecode-parsers/
+__ https://blog.libtorrent.org/2015/03/bdecode-parsers/
 
 .. _session: reference-Core.html#session
 .. _session_handle: reference-Core.html#session_handle
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ __ http://blog.libtorrent.org/2015/03/bdecode-parsers/
 .. _`post_torrent_updates()`: reference-Core.html#post_torrent_updates()
 .. _torrent_status: reference-Core.html#torrent_status
 .. _state_update_alert: reference-Alerts.html#state_update_alert
-.. _scalability: http://blog.libtorrent.org/2011/11/scalable-interfaces/
+.. _scalability: https://blog.libtorrent.org/2011/11/scalable-interfaces/
 .. _`save_resume_data()`: reference-Core.html#save_resume_data()
 .. _save_resume_data_alert: reference-Alerts.html#save_resume_data_alert
 .. _save_resume_data_failed_alert: reference-Alerts.html#save_resume_data_failed_alert