diff --git a/DEPENDS.txt b/DEPENDS.txt
index 6c679f1e..151080ac 100644
--- a/DEPENDS.txt
+++ b/DEPENDS.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,22 @@ Build Requirements
 * `Numpy >= 1.4 <http://numpy.scipy.org/>`_
 * `Cython >= 0.13 <http://www.cython.org/>`_
 
+Known build errors
+------------------
+
+If Cython compilation fails with the error ``cpython.pycapsule.pxd not
+found`` (for Cython 0.14), try to `install Cython 0.15
+<http://www.cython.org/#download>`_ instead. 
+
+On Windows, the error ``Error:unable to find vcvarsall.bat`` means that
+distutils is not correctly configured to use the C compiler. Edit (create
+if not existing) the configuration file ``distutils.cfg`` (located for
+example at ``C:\Python26\Lib\distutils\distutils.cfg``) to be::
+
+    [build]
+    compiler=mingw32
+
+
 Usage Requirements
 ------------------
 * `Scipy <http://www.scipy.org/>`_
diff --git a/doc/ext/plot_directive.py b/doc/ext/plot_directive.py
index 2ad1530a..dc86552b 100644
--- a/doc/ext/plot_directive.py
+++ b/doc/ext/plot_directive.py
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ def run_code(code, code_path, ns=None, function_name=None):
 
 def clear_state(plot_rcparams):
     plt.close('all')
-    matplotlib.rc_file_defaults()
+    matplotlib.rcdefaults()
     matplotlib.rcParams.update(plot_rcparams)
 
 def render_figures(code, code_path, output_dir, output_base, context,
diff --git a/scikits/image/filter/setup.py b/scikits/image/filter/setup.py
index d211d7f4..88fd44a2 100644
--- a/scikits/image/filter/setup.py
+++ b/scikits/image/filter/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
           author = 'Scikits.Image Developers',
           maintainer_email = 'scikits-image@googlegroups.com',
           description = 'Filters',
-          url = 'http://stefanv.github.com/scikits.image/',
+          url = 'https://github.com/scikits-image/scikits.image',
           license = 'SciPy License (BSD Style)',
           **(configuration(top_path='').todict())
           )
diff --git a/scikits/image/graph/setup.py b/scikits/image/graph/setup.py
index 13cc1455..75d3bfc7 100644
--- a/scikits/image/graph/setup.py
+++ b/scikits/image/graph/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     setup(maintainer = 'scikits.image Developers',
           maintainer_email = 'scikits-image@googlegroups.com',
           description = 'Graph-based Image-processing Algorithms',
-          url = 'http://stefanv.github.com/scikits.image/',
+          url = 'https://github.com/scikits-image/scikits.image',
           license = 'Modified BSD',
           **(configuration(top_path='').todict())
           )
diff --git a/scikits/image/io/setup.py b/scikits/image/io/setup.py
index 9c9cf023..213928d2 100644
--- a/scikits/image/io/setup.py
+++ b/scikits/image/io/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     setup(maintainer = 'scikits.image Developers',
           maintainer_email = 'scikits-image@googlegroups.com',
           description = 'Image I/O Routines',
-          url = 'http://stefanv.github.com/scikits.image/',
+          url = 'https://github.com/scikits-image/scikits.image',
           license = 'Modified BSD',
           **(configuration(top_path='').todict())
           )
diff --git a/scikits/image/morphology/setup.py b/scikits/image/morphology/setup.py
index bdac6d6e..9206670f 100644
--- a/scikits/image/morphology/setup.py
+++ b/scikits/image/morphology/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
           author = 'Damian Eads',
           maintainer_email = 'scikits-image@googlegroups.com',
           description = 'Morphology Wrapper',
-          url = 'http://stefanv.github.com/scikits.image/',
+          url = 'https://github.com/scikits-image/scikits.image',
           license = 'SciPy License (BSD Style)',
           **(configuration(top_path='').todict())
           )
diff --git a/scikits/image/opencv/setup.py b/scikits/image/opencv/setup.py
index 0cab7b3b..d9401104 100644
--- a/scikits/image/opencv/setup.py
+++ b/scikits/image/opencv/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
           author = 'Steven C. Colbert',
           maintainer_email = 'scikits-image@googlegroups.com',
           description = 'OpenCV wrapper for NumPy arrays',
-          url = 'http://stefanv.github.com/scikits.image/',
+          url = 'https://github.com/scikits-image/scikits.image',
           license = 'SciPy License (BSD Style)',
           **(configuration(top_path='').todict())
           )
diff --git a/scikits/image/transform/setup.py b/scikits/image/transform/setup.py
index 5e377186..f15dd08c 100644
--- a/scikits/image/transform/setup.py
+++ b/scikits/image/transform/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
           author = 'Scikits.Image Developers',
           maintainer_email = 'scikits-image@googlegroups.com',
           description = 'Transforms',
-          url = 'http://stefanv.github.com/scikits.image/',
+          url = 'https://github.com/scikits-image/scikits.image',
           license = 'SciPy License (BSD Style)',
           **(configuration(top_path='').todict())
           )