diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index da492967e2..a0b22cd506 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -1274,8 +1274,8 @@
                     The expressions are compared against the full paths to
                     the files.
                     For complete syntax information, see Python's
-                    documentation at
-                    <ulink url='http://docs.python.org/release/2.3/lib/re-syntax.html'></ulink>.
+                    documentation for the appropriate release at
+                    <ulink url='http://docs.python.org/release/'></ulink>.
                 </para>
 
                 <para>