diff --git a/docs/howto/upgrade-version.txt b/docs/howto/upgrade-version.txt
index c495bd79e5..89e243eae1 100644
--- a/docs/howto/upgrade-version.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/upgrade-version.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ version has several benefits:
 * New features and improvements are added.
 * Bugs are fixed.
 * Older version of Django will eventually no longer receive security updates.
-  (see :ref:`backwards-compatibility-policy`).
+  (see :ref:`supported-versions-policy`).
 * Upgrading as each new Django release is available makes future upgrades less
   painful by keeping your code base up to date.
 
diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/committing-code.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/committing-code.txt
index 4ce8576702..3639ca4f1a 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/committing-code.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/committing-code.txt
@@ -155,8 +155,7 @@ Django's Git repository:
   commit. This goes a *long way* in helping everyone follow your changes.
 
 * Separate bug fixes from feature changes. Bugfixes may need to be backported
-  to the stable branch, according to the :ref:`backwards-compatibility policy
-  <backwards-compatibility-policy>`.
+  to the stable branch, according to :ref:`supported-versions-policy`.
 
 * If your commit closes a ticket in the Django `ticket tracker`_, begin
   your commit message with the text "Fixed #xxxxx", where "xxxxx" is the
diff --git a/docs/internals/release-process.txt b/docs/internals/release-process.txt
index 107e2ab060..ce600395eb 100644
--- a/docs/internals/release-process.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/release-process.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ A more generic example:
   LTS to LTS upgrades).
 * Z.0: Drop deprecation shims added in Y.0 and Y.1.
 
-.. _backwards-compatibility-policy:
+.. _supported-versions-policy:
 
 Supported versions
 ==================
diff --git a/docs/intro/whatsnext.txt b/docs/intro/whatsnext.txt
index f3bd5bce2b..2094e8bc73 100644
--- a/docs/intro/whatsnext.txt
+++ b/docs/intro/whatsnext.txt
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ We follow this policy:
 
 * Documentation fixes and improvements may be backported to the last release
   branch, at the discretion of the committer, however, once a version of
-  Django is :ref:`no longer supported<backwards-compatibility-policy>`, that
-  version of the docs won't get any further updates.
+  Django is :ref:`no longer supported<supported-versions-policy>`, that version
+  of the docs won't get any further updates.
 
 * The `main documentation Web page`_ includes links to documentation for
   all previous versions. Be sure you are using the version of the docs