diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 9b307874a0..0e443243f5 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@
             <para>
                 Where do you put your configuration files?
                 You can place these configuration files in the same area pointed to by
-                <filename>SRC_URI</filename>.
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></ulink>.
                 The OpenEmbedded build system will pick up the configuration and add it to the
                 kernel's configuration.
                 For example, suppose you had a set of configuration options in a file called