diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 7cc60da8078..7ffdf98d27a 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ capabilities on top of Apache Hadoop [3].
 To get started using HBase, the full documentation for this release can be
 found under the doc/ directory that accompanies this README.  Using a browser,
 open the docs/index.html to view the project home page (or browse to [1]).
-The hbase 'book' at docs/book.html has a 'quick start' section and is where you
-should being your exploration of the hbase project.
+The hbase 'book' at http://hbase.apache.org/book.html has a 'quick start'
+section and is where you should being your exploration of the hbase project.
 
 The latest HBase can be downloaded from an Apache Mirror [4].