diff --git a/EXAMPLES b/EXAMPLES
index 598f41b4f3..416de71671 100644
--- a/EXAMPLES
+++ b/EXAMPLES
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ Documentation using a custom theme or integrated in a website
 * `Open vSwitch <http://docs.openvswitch.org/>`__
 * `PlatformIO <https://docs.platformio.org/>`__
 * `PyEphem <http://rhodesmill.org/pyephem/>`__
-* `Pygments <http://pygments.org/docs/>`__
+* `Pygments <https://pygments.org/docs/>`__
 * `Plone User Manual (German) <https://www.hasecke.com/plone-benutzerhandbuch/4.0/>`__
 * `PSI4 <http://www.psicode.org/psi4manual/master/index.html>`__
 * `PyMOTW <https://pymotw.com/2/>`__
diff --git a/doc/_templates/index.html b/doc/_templates/index.html
index 4b2f13a426..a37579c292 100644
--- a/doc/_templates/index.html
+++ b/doc/_templates/index.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <li>{%trans%}<b>Automatic indices:</b> general index as well as a language-specific
       module indices{%endtrans%}</li>
     <li>{%trans%}<b>Code handling:</b> automatic highlighting using the <a
-      href="http://pygments.org">Pygments</a> highlighter{%endtrans%}</li>
+      href="https://pygments.org">Pygments</a> highlighter{%endtrans%}</li>
     <li>{%trans path=pathto('ext/builtins')%}<b>Extensions:</b> automatic testing of code snippets, inclusion of
       docstrings from Python modules (API docs), and
       <a href="{{ path }}#builtin-sphinx-extensions">more</a>{%endtrans%}</li>
diff --git a/doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst b/doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst
index 995804e370..24f3af9d8b 100644
--- a/doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ code blocks using multiple varied syntaxes. Finally, the
 in your documentation.
 
 In all cases, Syntax highlighting is provided by `Pygments
-<http://pygments.org>`_. When using literal blocks, this is configured using
+<https://pygments.org>`_. When using literal blocks, this is configured using
 any :rst:dir:`highlight` directives in the source file. When a ``highlight``
 directive is encountered, it is used until the next ``highlight`` directive is
 encountered. If there is no ``highlight`` directive in the file, the global
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ If highlighting with the selected language fails (i.e. Pygments emits an
    want to ensure consistent highlighting, you should fix your version of
    Pygments.
 
-__ http://pygments.org/docs/lexers
+__ https://pygments.org/docs/lexers
 
 .. rst:directive:: .. highlight:: language