diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ffec406e67..3bb507df67 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ shell2:
 
 shell3:
 
-    heat create my_stack --template-url=https://github.com/heat-api/heat/blob/master/templates/WordPress_Single_Instance.template
+    heat create my_stack --template-url=https://raw.github.com/heat-api/heat/blob/master/templates/WordPress_Single_Instance.template
 
 References:
 http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/APIReference/API_CreateStack.html