diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ca43779283..469db4619a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 <a href="https://travis-ci.org/SciTools/iris/branches">
 <img src="https://api.travis-ci.org/repositories/SciTools/iris.svg?branch=master"
      alt="Travis-CI" /></a>
+<a href='https://scitools-iris.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest'>
+    <img src='https://readthedocs.org/projects/scitools-iris/badge/?version=latest' 
+    alt='Documentation Status' /></a>
 <a href="https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/iris">
 <img src="https://img.shields.io/conda/dn/conda-forge/iris.svg"
      alt="conda-forge downloads" /></a>
@@ -29,9 +32,6 @@
 <a href="https://github.com/SciTools/iris/commits/master">
 <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/SciTools/iris/latest.svg"
      alt="Commits since last release" /></a>
-<a href="https://scitools-docs.github.io/iris/master/index.html">
-<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-latest-blue.svg"
-     alt="Latest docs" /></a>
 <a href="https://zenodo.org/badge/latestdoi/5312648">
 <img src="https://zenodo.org/badge/5312648.svg"
      alt="zenodo" /></a>