diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/tasks.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/tasks.rst
index 7c4be3e86f..673068a3e7 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/tasks.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/tasks.rst
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ section in the Yocto Project Linux Kernel Development Manual.
 
 Converts the newly unpacked kernel source into a form with which the
 OpenEmbedded build system can work. Because the kernel source can be
-fetched in several different ways, the ``do_kernel_checkout`` task makes
+fetched in several different ways, the :ref:`ref-tasks-kernel_checkout` task makes
 sure that subsequent tasks are given a clean working tree copy of the
 kernel with the correct branches checked out.