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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ And once the output makes it to the server, it will print the URL to STDOUT.
 
 This can be really really cool in combination with `pbcopy`, like:
 
-* mac osx: `cat file | haste | pbcopy` 
+* mac osx: `cat file | haste | pbcopy`
 * linux: `cat file | haste | xsel`
 
 after which the contents of `file` will be accessible at a URL which has been copied to your pasteboard.
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ haste file --raw
 
 ## Changing the location of your haste server
 
-By default, haste will point at `http://hastebin.com`.  You can change this by setting the value of `ENV['HASTE_SERVER']` to the URL of your haste server.  You can also use `alias` to make easy shortcuts if you commonly use a few hastes intermingled with each other.  To do that, you'd put something like this into ~.bash_profile:
+By default, haste will point at `https://hastebin.com`.  You can change this by setting the value of `ENV['HASTE_SERVER']` to the URL of your haste server.  You can also use `alias` to make easy shortcuts if you commonly use a few hastes intermingled with each other.  To do that, you'd put something like this into ~.bash_profile:
 
 ``` bash
-alias work_haste="HASTE_SERVER=http://something.com haste"
+alias work_haste="HASTE_SERVER=https://something.com haste"
 ```
 
 After which you can use `work_haste` to send hastes to that server instead.
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ If you'd like an alternative on Windows that supports functionality similar to `
 Han Boetes and @nickthename have contributed a simple shell-script alternative for those not interested in installing a RubyGem:
 
 ``` bash
-haste() { a=$(cat); curl -X POST -s -d "$a" http://hastebin.com/documents | awk -F '"' '{print "http://hastebin.com/"$4}'; }
+haste() { a=$(cat); curl -X POST -s -d "$a" https://hastebin.com/documents | awk -F '"' '{print "https://hastebin.com/"$4}'; }
 ```
 
 Usage: