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@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ HTTP based JSON-RPC API options:
   * `--ipcpath` Filename for IPC socket/pipe within the datadir (explicit paths escape it)
 
 You'll need to use your own programming environments' capabilities (libraries, tools, etc) to connect
-via HTTP, WS or IPC to a Geth node configured with the above flags and you'll need to speak [JSON-RPC](http://www.jsonrpc.org/specification)
+via HTTP, WS or IPC to a Geth node configured with the above flags and you'll need to speak [JSON-RPC](https://www.jsonrpc.org/specification)
 on all transports. You can reuse the same connection for multiple requests!
 
 **Note: Please understand the security implications of opening up an HTTP/WS based transport before