diff --git a/DEVELOPING.rst b/DEVELOPING.rst
index 19d9482b..51c54ffb 100644
--- a/DEVELOPING.rst
+++ b/DEVELOPING.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from the root of the project here is what you do::
    # Commit and push new docs
    git commit -a -m "Updated docs"
    git push
-   # Return to master branch
-   git checkout master
+   # Return to main branch
+   git checkout main
 
 
diff --git a/docs/source/mayavi/data.rst b/docs/source/mayavi/data.rst
index c5ea3867..8d09e798 100644
--- a/docs/source/mayavi/data.rst
+++ b/docs/source/mayavi/data.rst
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ objects or data files for Mayavi and TVTK.
 
  * Presentation on TVTK and Mayavi2 for course at IIT Bombay
 
-   https://github.com/enthought/mayavi/raw/master/docs/pdf/tvtk_mayavi2.pdf
+   https://github.com/enthought/mayavi/raw/main/docs/pdf/tvtk_mayavi2.pdf
 
    This presentation provides information on graphics in general, 3D
    data representation, creating VTK data files, creating datasets
diff --git a/docs/source/mayavi/misc.rst b/docs/source/mayavi/misc.rst
index d325f6a8..1733988a 100644
--- a/docs/source/mayavi/misc.rst
+++ b/docs/source/mayavi/misc.rst
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ workflow:
 
 1. Fork the Repo on github.
 2. If you are adding functionality or fixing a bug, please add a test!
-3. Push to your fork and submit a **pull request to the master branch**.
+3. Push to your fork and submit a **pull request to the main branch**.
 
-The **master** branch is a 100% stable (should be).  The pull request is merged
+The **main** branch is a 100% stable (should be).  The pull request is merged
 only after it is certain that things are working out, which means that
 `Travis`_ and `Appveyor`_ tests pass.
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Translating the documentation
 The recommended way for new contributors to translate mayavi reference is to
 join the translation team on Transifex.
 
-There is a `mayavi translation page`_ for mayavi (master) documentation.
+There is a `mayavi translation page`_ for mayavi (main) documentation.
 
 1. Login to transifex_ service.
 2. Go to `mayavi translation page`_.
diff --git a/docs/source/mayavi/tips.rst b/docs/source/mayavi/tips.rst
index 837dc2d0..8c963b0d 100644
--- a/docs/source/mayavi/tips.rst
+++ b/docs/source/mayavi/tips.rst
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ This feature was first introduced in Mayavi-4.8.0.
 .. _itkwidgets: https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/itkwidgets
 
 A simple example notebook demonstrating the notebook interface is
-available here: https://github.com/enthought/mayavi/blob/master/examples/mayavi/mayavi_jupyter.ipynb
+available here: https://github.com/enthought/mayavi/blob/main/examples/mayavi/mayavi_jupyter.ipynb
 
 There are two other backends, the simplest one is the ``'png'``
 backend which produces images that can be embedded in the notebook.