diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
index ef1d0dbc5b..3adc648098 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
+++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
@@ -699,7 +699,8 @@
             with the necessary Linux kernel build information to build modules.
             If your module <filename>Makefile</filename> uses a different
             variable, you might want to override the
-            <filename>do_compile()</filename> step, or create a patch to
+            <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-tasks-compile'><filename>do_compile()</filename></ulink>
+            step, or create a patch to
             the <filename>Makefile</filename> to work with the more typical
             <filename>KERNEL_SRC</filename> or <filename>KERNEL_PATH</filename>
             variables.