diff --git a/docs/README.rst b/docs/README.rst
index c9ed46ddfc..d09fae0fcd 100644
--- a/docs/README.rst
+++ b/docs/README.rst
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ The documentation in ``_build/html/index.html`` can then be viewed in a web
 browser.
 
 .. _ReST: https://docutils.sourceforge.io/rst.html
-.. _Sphinx: http://sphinx-doc.org
+.. _Sphinx: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 7c341784e2..5abcc8c4ce 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ pygments_style = 'trac'
 # branch, which is located at this URL.
 intersphinx_mapping = {
     'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3/', None),
-    'sphinx': ('http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/', None),
+    'sphinx': ('https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/', None),
     'psycopg2': ('http://initd.org/psycopg/docs/', None),
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-documentation.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-documentation.txt
index 3a049046fe..889a58e853 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-documentation.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-documentation.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Django's documentation uses the Sphinx__ documentation system, which in turn
 is based on docutils__. The basic idea is that lightly-formatted plain-text
 documentation is transformed into HTML, PDF, and any other output format.
 
-__ http://sphinx-doc.org/
+__ https://www.sphinx-doc.org/
 __ http://docutils.sourceforge.net/
 
 To build the documentation locally, install Sphinx:
diff --git a/docs/intro/whatsnext.txt b/docs/intro/whatsnext.txt
index f348e0d79f..27b9289d8e 100644
--- a/docs/intro/whatsnext.txt
+++ b/docs/intro/whatsnext.txt
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ You can get a local copy of the HTML documentation following a few steps:
 
 * The HTML documentation will be placed in ``docs/_build/html``.
 
-__ http://sphinx-doc.org/
+__ https://www.sphinx-doc.org/
 __ https://www.gnu.org/software/make/
 
 .. _differences-between-doc-versions: