diff --git a/Doc/howto/descriptor.rst b/Doc/howto/descriptor.rst
index d644512..abedfaa 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/descriptor.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/descriptor.rst
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 invoked unless an old-style class is involved.  The implementation details are
 in :c:func:`super_getattro()` in :source:`Objects/typeobject.c`.
 
-.. _`Guido's Tutorial`: http://www.python.org/2.2.3/descrintro.html#cooperation
+.. _`Guido's Tutorial`: https://www.python.org/2.2.3/descrintro.html#cooperation
 
 The details above show that the mechanism for descriptors is embedded in the
 :meth:`__getattribute__()` methods for :class:`object`, :class:`type`, and
diff --git a/Doc/howto/functional.rst b/Doc/howto/functional.rst
index c6d6a56..e12e67b 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/functional.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/functional.rst
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@
     [9878, 9828, 8442, 7953, 6431, 6213, 2207, 769]
 
 (For a more detailed discussion of sorting, see the Sorting mini-HOWTO in the
-Python wiki at http://wiki.python.org/moin/HowTo/Sorting.)
+Python wiki at https://wiki.python.org/moin/HowTo/Sorting.)
 
 The ``any(iter)`` and ``all(iter)`` built-ins look at the truth values of an
 iterable's contents.  :func:`any` returns ``True`` if any element in the iterable is
diff --git a/Doc/howto/logging-cookbook.rst b/Doc/howto/logging-cookbook.rst
index 47cf0f4..69fdcca 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/logging-cookbook.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/logging-cookbook.rst
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
 not make use of :mod:`multiprocessing` at present, though they may do so in the
 future. Note that at present, the :mod:`multiprocessing` module does not provide
 working lock functionality on all platforms (see
-http://bugs.python.org/issue3770).
+https://bugs.python.org/issue3770).
 
 
 Using file rotation
diff --git a/Doc/howto/pyporting.rst b/Doc/howto/pyporting.rst
index 9d7e859..b997df7 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/pyporting.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/pyporting.rst
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
 thus helping provide information for this document and its various revisions
 over the years):
 
-* http://wiki.python.org/moin/PortingPythonToPy3k
+* https://wiki.python.org/moin/PortingPythonToPy3k
 * http://python3porting.com/
 * http://docs.pythonsprints.com/python3_porting/py-porting.html
 * http://techspot.zzzeek.org/2011/01/24/zzzeek-s-guide-to-python-3-porting/
@@ -602,23 +602,23 @@
 
 
 
-.. _2to3: http://docs.python.org/2/library/2to3.html
+.. _2to3: https://docs.python.org/2/library/2to3.html
 .. _3to2: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/3to2
 .. _Cheeseshop: PyPI_
 .. _coverage: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/coverage
 .. _future: http://python-future.org/
 .. _modernize: https://github.com/mitsuhiko/python-modernize
 .. _Porting to Python 3: http://python3porting.com/
-.. _PyPI: http://pypi.python.org/
-.. _Python 2.2: http://www.python.org/2.2.x
-.. _Python 2.5: http://www.python.org/2.5.x
-.. _Python 2.6: http://www.python.org/2.6.x
-.. _Python 2.7: http://www.python.org/2.7.x
-.. _Python 2.5: http://www.python.org/2.5.x
-.. _Python 3.3: http://www.python.org/3.3.x
+.. _PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/
+.. _Python 2.2: https://www.python.org/2.2.x
+.. _Python 2.5: https://www.python.org/2.5.x
+.. _Python 2.6: https://www.python.org/2.6.x
+.. _Python 2.7: https://www.python.org/2.7.x
+.. _Python 2.5: https://www.python.org/2.5.x
+.. _Python 3.3: https://www.python.org/3.3.x
 .. _Python 3 Packages: https://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=browse&c=533&show=all
 .. _Python 3 Q & A: http://ncoghlan-devs-python-notes.readthedocs.org/en/latest/python3/questions_and_answers.html
-.. _python-porting: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-porting
+.. _python-porting: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-porting
 .. _six: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/six
 .. _tox: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tox
 .. _trove classifiers: https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
diff --git a/Doc/howto/unicode.rst b/Doc/howto/unicode.rst
index 297e87e..437f208 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/unicode.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/unicode.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 This HOWTO discusses Python 2.x's support for Unicode, and explains
 various problems that people commonly encounter when trying to work
 with Unicode.  For the Python 3 version, see
-<http://docs.python.org/py3k/howto/unicode.html>.
+<https://docs.python.org/3/howto/unicode.html>.
 
 Introduction to Unicode
 =======================
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
     amk:~$ python2.4 p263.py
     sys:1: DeprecationWarning: Non-ASCII character '\xe9'
          in file p263.py on line 2, but no encoding declared;
-         see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details
+         see https://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details
 
 Python 2.5 and higher are stricter and will produce a syntax error::
 
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
     File "/tmp/p263.py", line 2
     SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xc3' in file /tmp/p263.py
       on line 2, but no encoding declared; see
-      http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details
+      https://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details
 
 
 Unicode Properties
diff --git a/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst b/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst
index d13f174..33c08fd 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
         A tutorial on *Basic Authentication*, with examples in Python.
 
-**urllib2** is a `Python <http://www.python.org>`_ module for fetching URLs
+**urllib2** is a Python module for fetching URLs
 (Uniform Resource Locators). It offers a very simple interface, in the form of
 the *urlopen* function. This is capable of fetching URLs using a variety of
 different protocols. It also offers a slightly more complex interface for
diff --git a/Doc/howto/webservers.rst b/Doc/howto/webservers.rst
index c3b79e4..6cd5fc1 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/webservers.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/webservers.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
    While this HOWTO tries to give an overview of Python in the web, it cannot
    always be as up to date as desired.  Web development in Python is rapidly
    moving forward, so the wiki page on `Web Programming
-   <http://wiki.python.org/moin/WebProgramming>`_ may be more in sync with
+   <https://wiki.python.org/moin/WebProgramming>`_ may be more in sync with
    recent development.
 
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
      applications, instead of presenting a "500 Internal Server Error" message
 
    The Python wiki features a page on `CGI scripts
-   <http://wiki.python.org/moin/CgiScripts>`_ with some additional information
+   <https://wiki.python.org/moin/CgiScripts>`_ with some additional information
    about CGI in Python.
 
 
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
     WSGIServer(app).run()
 
 This is a simple WSGI application, but you need to install `flup
-<http://pypi.python.org/pypi/flup/1.0>`_ first, as flup handles the low level
+<https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flup/1.0>`_ first, as flup handles the low level
 FastCGI access.
 
 .. seealso::
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@
 
    There are far more components than can be presented here.  The Python wiki
    has a page about these components, called
-   `Web Components <http://wiki.python.org/moin/WebComponents>`_.
+   `Web Components <https://wiki.python.org/moin/WebComponents>`_.
 
 
 Templates
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@
 
    There are many template engines competing for attention, because it is
    pretty easy to create them in Python.  The page `Templating
-   <http://wiki.python.org/moin/Templating>`_ in the wiki lists a big,
+   <https://wiki.python.org/moin/Templating>`_ in the wiki lists a big,
    ever-growing number of these.  The three listed above are considered "second
    generation" template engines and are a good place to start.
 
@@ -582,11 +582,11 @@
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   * `Persistence Tools <http://wiki.python.org/moin/PersistenceTools>`_ lists
+   * `Persistence Tools <https://wiki.python.org/moin/PersistenceTools>`_ lists
      possibilities on how to save data in the file system.  Some of these
      modules are part of the standard library
 
-   * `Database Programming <http://wiki.python.org/moin/DatabaseProgramming>`_
+   * `Database Programming <https://wiki.python.org/moin/DatabaseProgramming>`_
      helps with choosing a method for saving data
 
    * `SQLAlchemy <http://www.sqlalchemy.org/>`_, the most powerful OR-Mapper
@@ -736,9 +736,9 @@
 .. seealso::
 
    The Python wiki contains an extensive list of `web frameworks
-   <http://wiki.python.org/moin/WebFrameworks>`_.
+   <https://wiki.python.org/moin/WebFrameworks>`_.
 
    Most frameworks also have their own mailing lists and IRC channels, look out
    for these on the projects' web sites.  There is also a general "Python in the
    Web" IRC channel on freenode called `#python.web
-   <http://wiki.python.org/moin/PoundPythonWeb>`_.
+   <https://wiki.python.org/moin/PoundPythonWeb>`_.