diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.2.txt
index ad060f4f89..980adfb315 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.2.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ push running this release will issue a big warning when the
 configuration variable is missing.  Please refer to:
 
   http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#non-bare
-  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/107758/focus=108007
+  https://lore.kernel.org/git/7vbptlsuyv.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org/
 
 for more details on the reason why this change is needed and the
 transition plan.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.3.txt
index 418c685cf8..4bcff945e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.3.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ push running this release will issue a big warning when the
 configuration variable is missing.  Please refer to:
 
   http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#non-bare
-  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/107758/focus=108007
+  https://lore.kernel.org/git/7vbptlsuyv.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org/
 
 for more details on the reason why this change is needed and the
 transition plan.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.4.txt
index 7a904419f7..a2a34b43a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.4.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ push running this release will issue a big warning when the
 configuration variable is missing.  Please refer to:
 
   http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#non-bare
-  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/107758/focus=108007
+  https://lore.kernel.org/git/7vbptlsuyv.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org/
 
 for more details on the reason why this change is needed and the
 transition plan.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.5.txt
index ee141c19ad..6c7f7da7eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.5.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.5.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ push running this release will issue a big warning when the
 configuration variable is missing.  Please refer to:
 
   http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#non-bare
-  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/107758/focus=108007
+  https://lore.kernel.org/git/7vbptlsuyv.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org/
 
 for more details on the reason why this change is needed and the
 transition plan.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.6.txt
index c50b59c495..3ed1e01433 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.6.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.6.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ users will fare this time.
    Please refer to:
 
    http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#non-bare
-   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/107758/focus=108007
+   https://lore.kernel.org/git/7vbptlsuyv.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org/
 
    for more details on the reason why this change is needed and the
    transition process that already took place so far.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.txt
index 02f681b710..255e185af6 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.4.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Foreign interfaces, subsystems and ports.
    credential helper interface from Git.pm.
 
  * Update build for Cygwin 1.[57].  Torsten Bögershausen reports that
-   this is fine with Cygwin 1.7 ($gmane/225824) so let's try moving it
+   this is fine with Cygwin 1.7 (cf. <51A606A0.5060101@web.de>) so let's try moving it
    ahead.
 
  * The credential helper to talk to keychain on OS X (in contrib/) has
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.0.txt
index 87044504c5..84723f912a 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.0.txt
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
    incorrect patch text to "git apply".  Add tests to demonstrate
    this.
 
-   I have a slight suspicion that this may be $gmane/87202 coming back
+   I have a slight suspicion that this may be
+   cf. <7vtzf77wjp.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> coming back
    and biting us (I seem to have said "let's run with this and see
    what happens" back then).
 
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.3.txt
index fedd9968e5..266c4781a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.3.txt
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ Fixes since v2.8.2
    This is necessary to use Git on Windows shared directories, and is
    already enabled for the MinGW and plain Windows builds.  It also
    has been used in Cygwin packaged versions of Git for quite a while.
-   See http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/291853
-   and http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/275680.
+   See https://lkml.org/git/20160419091055.GF2345@dinwoodie.org/
+   and https://lkml.org/git/20150811100527.GW14466@dinwoodie.org/.
 
  * "git replace -e" did not honour "core.editor" configuration.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.9.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.9.0.txt
index b61d36712f..d5f95b6641 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.9.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.9.0.txt
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ notes for details).
    This is necessary to use Git on Windows shared directories, and is
    already enabled for the MinGW and plain Windows builds.  It also
    has been used in Cygwin packaged versions of Git for quite a while.
-   See http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/291853
+   See https://lkml.org/git/20160419091055.GF2345@dinwoodie.org/
 
  * "merge-octopus" strategy did not ensure that the index is clean
    when merge begins.
