diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7236e395a2..bc96284375 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Don't put *.swp, *.bak, etc here; those belong in a global ~/.gitignore.
-# Check out http://help.github.com/ignore-files/ for how to set that up.
+# Check out https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files for how to set that up.
 
 debug.log
 .Gemfile
diff --git a/guides/code/getting_started/.gitignore b/guides/code/getting_started/.gitignore
index 25a742dff0..6a502e997f 100644
--- a/guides/code/getting_started/.gitignore
+++ b/guides/code/getting_started/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# See http://help.github.com/ignore-files/ for more about ignoring files.
+# See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files for more about ignoring files.
 #
 # If you find yourself ignoring temporary files generated by your text editor
 # or operating system, you probably want to add a global ignore instead:
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/gitignore b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/gitignore
index 25a742dff0..6a502e997f 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/gitignore
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# See http://help.github.com/ignore-files/ for more about ignoring files.
+# See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files for more about ignoring files.
 #
 # If you find yourself ignoring temporary files generated by your text editor
 # or operating system, you probably want to add a global ignore instead: