diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11d505a77994f3ded867d178ab8319cbf2681fe0..0e59fb00dfc1e296b92efadb96aef8150a485de2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ for examples and highlights.
 
 To install spack and install your first package:
 
-    $ git clone git@github.com:scalability-llnl/spack.git
+    $ git clone https://github.com/scalability-llnl/spack.git
     $ cd spack/bin
     $ ./spack install libelf
 
diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst b/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst
index d5abd16f94b86cdb1dc88be4d9d9a94494581416..a28883259fa7745f2e21089d3a33864e548f6af2 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Getting spack is easy.  You can clone it from the `github repository
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-   $ git clone git@github.com:scalability-llnl/spack.git
+   $ git clone https://github.com/scalability-llnl/spack.git
 
 This will create a directory called ``spack``.  We'll assume that the
 full path to this directory is in some environment called
diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/index.rst b/lib/spack/docs/index.rst
index 3ea48f82bad096f1acd26f2f8b62fb5b6102ea2b..ac0eac93f372ac141315ce80086bd3504e709d4e 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/index.rst
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/index.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ package:
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-   $ git clone git@github.com:scalability-llnl/spack.git
+   $ git clone https://github.com/scalability-llnl/spack.git
    $ cd spack/bin
    $ ./spack install libelf