diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index ed956f70c7..eee1c66d56 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ This is only used if ``CommonMiddleware`` is installed (see
 Default: ``'``:class:`django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend`\ ``'``
 
 The backend to use for sending emails. For the list of available backends see
-:doc:`/topics/email`.
+:ref:`topic-email-backends`.
 
 .. setting:: EMAIL_FILE_PATH