diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ See [LICENSE](LICENSE).
 
 ## Contributing
 
-If you want to help out, see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for a set of guidelines.
+If you want to help out, see [CONTRIBUTING](docs/CONTRIBUTING.md) for a set of guidelines.
 
 ## Scheduled software upgrades
 
@@ -650,11 +650,11 @@ monero-wallet-cli, and possibly monerod, if you get crashes refreshing.
 
 ## Internationalization
 
-See [README.i18n.md](README.i18n.md).
+See [README.i18n.md](docs/README.i18n.md).
 
 ## Using Tor
 
-> There is a new, still experimental, [integration with Tor](ANONYMITY_NETWORKS.md). The
+> There is a new, still experimental, [integration with Tor](docs/ANONYMITY_NETWORKS.md). The
 > feature allows connecting over IPv4 and Tor simultaneously - IPv4 is used for
 > relaying blocks and relaying transactions received by peers whereas Tor is
 > used solely for relaying transactions received over local RPC. This provides
diff --git a/ANONYMITY_NETWORKS.md b/docs/ANONYMITY_NETWORKS.md
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rename to docs/ANONYMITY_NETWORKS.md
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
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diff --git a/LEVIN_PROTOCOL.md b/docs/LEVIN_PROTOCOL.md
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rename from LEVIN_PROTOCOL.md
rename to docs/LEVIN_PROTOCOL.md
index 207509146..43500fd06 100644
--- a/LEVIN_PROTOCOL.md
+++ b/docs/LEVIN_PROTOCOL.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ extensibility.
 One of the goals of this document is to clearly indicate what is being sent
 "on the wire" to identify metadata that could de-anonymize users over I2P/Tor.
 These issues will be addressed as they are found. See `ANONMITY_NETWORKS.md` in
-the top-level folder for any outstanding issues.
+the `docs` folder for any outstanding issues.
 
 > This document does not currently list all data being sent by the monero
 > protocol, that portion is a work-in-progress. Please take the time to do it
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