diff --git a/doc/devel/MEP/MEP11.rst b/doc/devel/MEP/MEP11.rst
index 67274038877e..4a76d56be792 100644
--- a/doc/devel/MEP/MEP11.rst
+++ b/doc/devel/MEP/MEP11.rst
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Implementation
 For installing from source, and assuming the user has all of the
 C-level compilers and dependencies, this can be accomplished fairly
 easily using `distribute` and following the instructions `here
-<http://packages.python.org/distribute/>`_.  The only anticipated
+<https://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute>`_.  The only anticipated
 change to the matplotlib library code will be to import `pyparsing`
 from the top-level namespace rather than from within matplotlib.  Note
 that `distribute` will also allow us to remove the direct dependency
diff --git a/doc/devel/gitwash/git_links.inc b/doc/devel/gitwash/git_links.inc
index 2fe60e3fe8e8..e4c76a219f45 100644
--- a/doc/devel/gitwash/git_links.inc
+++ b/doc/devel/gitwash/git_links.inc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .. _network graph visualizer: http://github.com/blog/39-say-hello-to-the-network-graph-visualizer
 .. _git user manual: http://schacon.github.com/git/user-manual.html
 .. _git tutorial: http://schacon.github.com/git/gittutorial.html
-.. _git community book: http://book.git-scm.com/
+.. _git community book: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2
 .. _git ready: http://www.gitready.com/
 .. _git casts: http://www.gitcasts.com/
 .. _Fernando's git page: http://www.fperez.org/py4science/git.html
diff --git a/doc/devel/license.rst b/doc/devel/license.rst
index 6afe33afc559..fb591661f2c2 100644
--- a/doc/devel/license.rst
+++ b/doc/devel/license.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Licenses
 Matplotlib only uses BSD compatible code.  If you bring in code from
 another project make sure it has a PSF, BSD, MIT or compatible license
 (see the Open Source Initiative `licenses page
-<http://www.opensource.org/licenses>`_ for details on individual
+<http://opensource.org/licenses>`_ for details on individual
 licenses).  If it doesn't, you may consider contacting the author and
 asking them to relicense it.  GPL and LGPL code are not acceptable in
 the main code base, though we are considering an alternative way of
diff --git a/doc/users/colormaps.rst b/doc/users/colormaps.rst
index 33bebc508e59..63757f97a8dd 100644
--- a/doc/users/colormaps.rst
+++ b/doc/users/colormaps.rst
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ Color vision deficiencies
 
 There is a lot of information available about color blindness (*e.g.*,
 [colorblindness]_). Additionally, there are tools available to convert images to
-how they look for different types of color vision deficiencies (*e.g.*, [asp]_).
+how they look for different types of color vision deficiencies (*e.g.*,
+[vischeck]_).
 
 The most common form of color vision deficiency involves differentiating between
 red and green. Thus, avoiding colormaps with both red and green will avoid many
@@ -187,5 +188,5 @@ References
 .. [mycarta-cubelaw] http://mycarta.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/perceptual-rainbow-palette-the-method/
 .. [bw] http://www.tannerhelland.com/3643/grayscale-image-algorithm-vb6/
 .. [colorblindness] http://www.color-blindness.com/
-.. [asp] http://aspnetresources.com/tools/colorBlindness
+.. [vischeck] http://www.vischeck.com/vischeck/
 .. [IBM] http://www.research.ibm.com/people/l/lloydt/color/color.HTM