diff --git a/doc/source/admin/cpu-topologies.rst b/doc/source/admin/cpu-topologies.rst
index 12c035796559..e3c60d4fbc3a 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/cpu-topologies.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/cpu-topologies.rst
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ memory mapping between the two nodes, run:
     driver will not spawn instances with such topologies.
 
 For more information about the syntax for ``hw:numa_nodes``, ``hw:numa_cpus.N``
-and ``hw:num_mem.N``, refer to the :doc:`/admin/flavors` guide.
+and ``hw:num_mem.N``, refer to the :ref:`NUMA
+topology <extra-specs-numa-topology>` guide.
 
 Customizing instance CPU pinning policies
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/doc/source/user/flavors.rst b/doc/source/user/flavors.rst
index 99f57a97dc93..3052b7d5ba6c 100644
--- a/doc/source/user/flavors.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user/flavors.rst
@@ -425,6 +425,8 @@ CPU pinning policy
      The ``hw:cpu_thread_policy`` option is only valid if ``hw:cpu_policy`` is
      set to ``dedicated``.
 
+.. _extra-specs-numa-topology:
+
 NUMA topology
   For the libvirt driver, you can define the host NUMA placement for the
   instance vCPU threads as well as the allocation of instance vCPUs and memory