diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
index 71ce523c60..5d9fd3b4dd 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
+++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
@@ -1402,9 +1402,9 @@
      SRC_URI_append = " file://0001-calibrate.c-Added-some-printk-statements.patch"
                     </literallayout>
                     The
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;var-FILESEXTRAPATHS'><filename>FILESEXTRAPATHS</filename></ulink>
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-FILESEXTRAPATHS'><filename>FILESEXTRAPATHS</filename></ulink>
                     and
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></ulink>
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></ulink>
                     statements enable the OpenEmbedded build system to find
                     the patch file.</para>