diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index df5d0151e..5a596eecb 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ This image is designed to run either with an automatically generated
 configuration file or with a custom configuration that requires manual editing.
 
 An easy way to make use of this image is via docker-compose. See the
-[contrib/docker](../contrib/docker) section of the synapse project for
+[contrib/docker](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/contrib/docker) section of the synapse project for
 examples.
 
 ### Without Compose (harder)