diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 85d4a2635239..e0fdce36198a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@
 Synapse |support| |development| |documentation| |license| |pypi| |python|
 =========================================================================
 
-Synapse is now actively maintained at `vector-im/synapse <https://github.com/vector-im/synapse>`_
+Synapse is now actively maintained at `vector-im/synapse <https://github.com/element-hq/synapse>`_
 =================================================================================================
 
 Synapse is an open-source `Matrix <https://matrix.org/>`_ homeserver developed
-from 2014 through 2023 as part of the Matrix.org Foundation. The Matrix.org
+from 2019 through 2023 as part of the Matrix.org Foundation. The Matrix.org
 Foundation is not able to resource maintenance of Synapse and it
-`continues to be developed by Element <https://github.com/vector-im/synapse>`_;
+`continues to be developed by Element <https://github.com/element-hq/synapse>`_;
 additionally you have the choice of `other Matrix homeservers <https://matrix.org/ecosystem/servers/>`_.
 
+See `The future of Synapse and Dendrite <https://matrix.org/blog/2023/11/06/future-of-synapse-dendrite/>`_
+blog post for more information.
+
 Briefly, Matrix is an open standard for communications on the internet, supporting
 federation, encryption and VoIP. Matrix.org has more to say about the `goals of the
 Matrix project <https://matrix.org/docs/guides/introduction>`_, and the `formal specification
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 25928a60d29c..e21ba6e186c6 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -30,9 +30,15 @@
 ImageFile.LOAD_TRUNCATED_IMAGES = True
 
 # Update your remotes folks.
-print("Synapse is no longer being developed under the matrix-org organization.")
-print("Please update your git remote to pull from vector-im/synapse:")
-print("    git remote set-url origin git@github.com:vector-im/synapse.git")
+announcement = """
+Synapse is no longer being developed under the matrix-org organization. See the
+README.rst for more details.
+
+Please update your git remote to pull from element-hq/synapse:
+
+   git remote set-url origin git@github.com:element-hq/synapse.git
+"""
+print(announcement)
 sys.exit(1)
 
 # Check that we're not running on an unsupported Python version.