diff --git a/doc/build-osx.md b/doc/build-osx.md
--- a/doc/build-osx.md
+++ b/doc/build-osx.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 1. Clone the Bitcoin ABC source code and cd into `bitcoin-abc`
 
-        git clone github.com/Bitcoin-ABC/bitcoin-abc
+        git clone https://github.com/Bitcoin-ABC/bitcoin-abc.git
         cd bitcoin-abc
 
 2.  Build bitcoin-abc:
diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md
--- a/doc/build-unix.md
+++ b/doc/build-unix.md
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 This example lists the steps necessary to setup and build a command line only, non-wallet distribution of the latest changes on Arch Linux:
 
     pacman -S git base-devel boost libevent python
-    git clone https://github.com/Bitcoin-ABC/bitcoin-abc
+    git clone https://github.com/Bitcoin-ABC/bitcoin-abc.git
     cd bitcoin-abc/
     ./autogen.sh
     ./configure --disable-wallet --without-gui --without-miniupnpc