diff --git a/pandas_datareader/data.py b/pandas_datareader/data.py
index 70e44231..10d20058 100644
--- a/pandas_datareader/data.py
+++ b/pandas_datareader/data.py
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ def fetch_data(url, name):
 
 def get_data_famafrench(name):
     # path of zip files
-    zip_file_path = '{0}/{1}.zip'.format(_FAMAFRENCH_URL, name)
+    zip_file_path = '{0}/{1}_TXT.zip'.format(_FAMAFRENCH_URL, name)
 
     with urlopen(zip_file_path) as url:
         raw = url.read()