diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f9ffdf98ce..9cdff669b6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ Although we really appreciate feedback and ideas, we will close feature requests
 
 Many of those ideas etc do have a place on the [forums](https://www.tt-forums.net); and if enough people like it, someone will stand up and make it.
 
-It's usually best discuss in [irc](https://wiki.openttd.org/en/Development/IRC%20channel) before opening a feature request or working on a large feature in a fork.
-Discussion in irc can take time, but it can be productive and avoid disappointment :)
+It's usually best to discuss on [Discord](https://discord.gg/openttd) before opening a feature request or working on a large feature in a fork.
+Discussion can take time, but it can be productive and avoid disappointment. :)
 
 
 ## Pull requests
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 311f9e0ed0..62499df484 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ If you want to compile OpenTTD from source, instructions can be found in [COMPIL
 'Official' channels
 
 - [OpenTTD website](https://www.openttd.org)
+- [OpenTTD official Discord](https://discord.gg/openttd)
 - IRC chat using #openttd on irc.oftc.net [more info about our irc channel](https://wiki.openttd.org/en/Development/IRC%20channel)
 - [OpenTTD on Github](https://github.com/OpenTTD/) for code repositories and for reporting issues
 - [forum.openttd.org](https://forum.openttd.org/) - the primary community forum site for discussing OpenTTD and related games