diff --git a/documentation/Makefile b/documentation/Makefile
index 20dab5725c..4e0af4bd30 100644
--- a/documentation/Makefile
+++ b/documentation/Makefile
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ stylecheck:
 	vale sync
 	vale $(VALEOPTS) $(VALEDOCS)
 
+sphinx-lint:
+	sphinx-lint $(SOURCEDIR)
+
 epub: $(PNGs)
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
 
diff --git a/documentation/README b/documentation/README
index 8035418cac..b60472fcbf 100644
--- a/documentation/README
+++ b/documentation/README
@@ -165,6 +165,20 @@ To run Vale:
 
  $ make stylecheck
 
+Link checking the Yocto Project documentation
+=============================================
+
+To fix errors which are not reported by Sphinx itself,
+the project uses sphinx-lint (https://github.com/sphinx-contrib/sphinx-lint).
+
+To install sphinx-lint:
+
+ $ pip install sphinx-lint
+
+To run sphinx-lint:
+
+ $ make sphinx-lint
+
 Sphinx theme and CSS customization
 ==================================