diff --git a/git_deploy.drush.inc b/git_deploy.drush.inc
index 3e3dc64..4c77c39 100644
--- a/git_deploy.drush.inc
+++ b/git_deploy.drush.inc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 function git_deploy_drush_command() {
   $items['git-deploy-download'] = array(
-    'description' => dt('Downloads the Glip library from https://github.com/halstead/glip/.'),
+    'description' => dt('Downloads the Glip library from git://github.com/halstead/glip/.'),
     'arguments' => array(
       'path' => dt('Optional. A path to the download folder. If omitted Drush will use the sites/all/libraries/glip (if libraries module is enabled). Else, the git_deploy module folder is used.'),
     ),
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function git_deploy_drush_command() {
 function git_deploy_drush_help($section) {
   switch ($section) {
     case 'drush:git_deploy-download':
-      return dt('Downloads the Glip library from https://github.com/halstead/glip/. Places it in the libraries directory. Skips download if library already present. This all happens automatically if you enable git_deploy using drush.');
+      return dt('Downloads the Glip library from git://github.com/halstead/glip/. Places it in the libraries directory. Skips download if library already present. This all happens automatically if you enable git_deploy using drush.');
   }
 }
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function drush_git_deploy_download() {
   if (is_dir($path)) {
     drush_log('Glip already present. No download required.', 'ok');
   }
-  elseif (drush_shell_cd_and_exec(dirname($path), 'git clone https://github.com/halstead/glip.git && cd glip && git checkout 1.0')) {
+  elseif (drush_shell_cd_and_exec(dirname($path), 'git clone git://github.com/halstead/glip.git && cd glip && git checkout 1.0')) {
     drush_log(dt('Glip has been cloned via git to @path.', array('@path' => $path)), 'success');
   }
   else {