diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 2a9208cc..b9e039f5 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -75,4 +75,4 @@ Contribute
 #. Send a pull request and bug the maintainer until it gets merged and published. :) Make sure to add yourself to AUTHORS_.
 
 .. _`the repository`: http://github.com/kennethreitz/requests
-.. _AUTHORS: https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/blob/develop/AUTHORS.rst
+.. _AUTHORS: https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/blob/master/AUTHORS.rst