diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb24e42d..93e1169b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ capabilities, so these can continue to be used by containers.
 Ensure you are running Linux (kernel 3.8 or later) and have Docker
 (version 1.3.1 or later) installed. Then install weave with
 
-    sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/weave \
-      https://github.com/weaveworks/weave/releases/download/latest_release/weave
+    sudo curl -L git.io/weave -o /usr/local/bin/weave
     sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/weave
 
 CoreOS users see [here](https://github.com/fintanr/weave-gs/blob/master/coreos-simple/user-data) for an example of installing weave using cloud-config.
diff --git a/site/troubleshooting.md b/site/troubleshooting.md
index 9caa876d..d8152dc6 100644
--- a/site/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/site/troubleshooting.md
@@ -191,8 +191,7 @@ We sometimes publish snapshot releases, to provide previews of new
 features, assist in validation of bug fixes, etc. One can install the
 latest snapshot release with
 
-    sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/weave \
-      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/weaveworks/weave/master/weave
+    sudo curl -L git.io/weave-snapshot -o /usr/local/bin/weave
     sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/weave
     sudo weave setup