diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/tasks.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/tasks.rst
index f0a23ed168..6bd3e9a580 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/tasks.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/tasks.rst
@@ -789,4 +789,4 @@ After the kernel is unpacked but before it is patched, this task makes
 sure that the machine and metadata branches as specified by the
 :term:`SRCREV` variables actually exist on the specified
 branches. Otherwise, if :term:`AUTOREV` is not being used, the
-``do_validate_branches`` task fails during the build.
+:ref:`ref-tasks-validate_branches` task fails during the build.