diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 73a4e10f..5dd414e0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -4,18 +4,13 @@ Welcome! Our community focuses on helping others and making Caddy the best it
 can be. We gladly accept contributions and encourage you to get involved!
 
 
-### Join us in chat
+### Join us in the forum
 
-Please direct your discussion to the correct room:
+The [Caddy forum](https://forum.caddyserver.com) is the place for all discussion
+that doesn't belong in issues or pull requests. Feel free to participate with us!
 
-- **Dev Chat:** [gitter.im/mholt/caddy](https://gitter.im/mholt/caddy) - to chat
-with other Caddy developers
-- **Support:**
-[gitter.im/caddyserver/support](https://gitter.im/caddyserver/support) - to give
-and get help
-- **General:**
-[gitter.im/caddyserver/general](https://gitter.im/caddyserver/general) - for
-anything about Web development
+If you want to file a bug report or make an improvement to Caddy, however, you
+should submit an issue or pull request.
 
 
 ### Bug reports
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e1fe9ef9..b1631642 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [![Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/resources/images/caddy-boxed.png)](https://caddyserver.com)
 
-[![Dev Chat](https://img.shields.io/badge/dev%20chat-gitter-ff69b4.svg?style=flat-square&label=dev+chat&color=ff69b4)](https://gitter.im/mholt/caddy) 
+[![community](https://img.shields.io/badge/community-forum-ff69b4.svg?style=flat-square)](https://forum.caddyserver.com) 
 [![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/godoc-reference-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://godoc.org/github.com/mholt/caddy) 
 [![Linux Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/mholt/caddy.svg?style=flat-square&label=linux+build)](https://travis-ci.org/mholt/caddy) 
 [![Windows Build Status](https://img.shields.io/appveyor/ci/mholt/caddy.svg?style=flat-square&label=windows+build)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/mholt/caddy)
@@ -143,14 +143,11 @@ packages that each Caddy package imports.
 
 ## Contributing
 
-**[Join our dev chat on Gitter](https://gitter.im/mholt/caddy)** to chat with
-other Caddy developers! (Dev chat only; try our
-[support room](https://gitter.im/caddyserver/support) for help or
-[general](https://gitter.im/caddyserver/general) for anything else.)
+**[Join our community](https://forum.caddyserver.com) where you can chat with other Caddy users and developers!**
 
-This project would not be what it is without your help. Please see the
-[contributing guidelines](https://github.com/mholt/caddy/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
-if you haven't already.
+Please see our [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/mholt/caddy/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+We use GitHub issues and pull requests *only* for bug reports and discussing specific changes to Caddy. We welcome all other topics on the [forum](https://forum.caddyserver.com)!
 
 Thanks for making Caddy -- and the Web -- better!
 
diff --git a/dist/README.txt b/dist/README.txt
index aeba8e85..298f35f7 100644
--- a/dist/README.txt
+++ b/dist/README.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ CADDY 0.8.3
 Website
 	https://caddyserver.com
 
+Community
+	https://forum.caddyserver.com
+
 Twitter
 	@caddyserver