diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 809b95950..8b9380aba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ For a comprehensive treatment of all the Spring Data MongoDB features, please re
 * the [User Guide](http://docs.spring.io/spring-data/mongodb/docs/current/reference/html/)
 * the [JavaDocs](http://docs.spring.io/spring-data/mongodb/docs/current/api/) have extensive comments in them as well.
 * the home page of [Spring Data MongoDB](http://projects.spring.io/spring-data-mongodb) contains links to articles and other resources.
-* for more detailed questions, use the [forum](http://forum.spring.io/forum/spring-projects/data/nosql).
+* for more detailed questions, use [Spring Data Mongodb on Stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-data-mongodb).
 
 If you are new to Spring as well as to Spring Data, look for information about [Spring projects](http://projects.spring.io/).
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public class MyService {
 
 Here are some ways for you to get involved in the community:
 
-* Get involved with the Spring community on the Spring Community Forums.  Please help out on the [forum](http://forum.spring.io/forum/spring-projects/data/nosql) by responding to questions and joining the debate.
+* Get involved with the Spring community on Stackoverflow and help out on the [spring-data-mongodb](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-data-mongodb) tag by responding to questions and joining the debate.
 * Create [JIRA](https://jira.springframework.org/browse/DATADOC) tickets for bugs and new features and comment and vote on the ones that you are interested in.  
 * Github is for social coding: if you want to write code, we encourage contributions through pull requests from [forks of this repository](http://help.github.com/forking/). If you want to contribute code this way, please reference a JIRA ticket as well covering the specific issue you are addressing.
 * Watch for upcoming articles on Spring by [subscribing](http://spring.io/blog) to spring.io.
diff --git a/src/docbkx/introduction/getting-started.xml b/src/docbkx/introduction/getting-started.xml
index ea4206501..cdcc8f8b5 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/introduction/getting-started.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/introduction/getting-started.xml
@@ -18,20 +18,19 @@
     <section id="get-started:help:community">
       <title>Community Forum</title>
 
-      <para>The Spring Data <ulink
-      url="http://forum.spring.io/forum/spring-projects/data">forum
-      </ulink> is a message board for all Spring Data (not just Document)
-      users to share information and help each other. Note that registration
-      is needed <emphasis>only</emphasis> for posting.</para>
+      <para>Spring Data on Stackoverflow <ulink
+      url="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-data">Stackoverflow
+      </ulink> is a tag for all Spring Data (not just Document) users to share
+      information and help each other. Note that registration is needed
+      <emphasis>only</emphasis> for posting.</para>
     </section>
 
     <section id="get-started:help:professional">
       <title>Professional Support</title>
 
       <para>Professional, from-the-source support, with guaranteed response
-      time, is available from <ulink
-      url="http://gopivotal.com/">Pivotal Sofware, Inc.</ulink>, the company
-      behind Spring Data and Spring.</para>
+      time, is available from <ulink url="http://gopivotal.com/">Pivotal
+      Sofware, Inc.</ulink>, the company behind Spring Data and Spring.</para>
     </section>
   </section>
 
@@ -44,22 +43,21 @@
     homepage</ulink>.</para>
 
     <para>You can help make Spring Data best serve the needs of the Spring
-    community by interacting with developers through the Spring Community
-    <ulink url="http://forum.spring.io/">forums</ulink>. To follow
-    developer activity look for the mailing list information on the Spring
-    Data Mongo homepage.</para>
+    community by interacting with developers through the Community on <ulink
+    url="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-data">Stackoverflow</ulink>.
+    To follow developer activity look for the mailing list information on the
+    Spring Data Mongo homepage.</para>
 
     <para>If you encounter a bug or want to suggest an improvement, please
     create a ticket on the Spring Data issue <ulink
-    url="https://jira.springframework.org/browse/DATAMONGO">tracker</ulink>.</para>
+    url="https://jira.spring.io/browse/DATAMONGO">tracker</ulink>.</para>
 
     <para>To stay up to date with the latest news and announcements in the
     Spring eco system, subscribe to the Spring Community <ulink
     url="https://spring.io">Portal</ulink>.</para>
 
     <para>Lastly, you can follow the SpringSource Data <ulink
-    url="https://spring.io/blog">blog </ulink>or
-    the project team on Twitter (<ulink
-    url="http://twitter.com/SpringData">SpringData</ulink>)</para>
+    url="https://spring.io/blog">blog </ulink>or the project team on Twitter
+    (<ulink url="http://twitter.com/SpringData">SpringData</ulink>).</para>
   </section>
 </chapter>