diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
index 8872be665c..9dd5e68a1c 100644
--- a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
@@ -366,6 +366,8 @@ parameter when declaring the form field::
    ...     class Meta:
    ...         model = Article
 
+.. _overriding-modelform-clean-method:
+
 Overriding the clean() method
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