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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/README.links b/doc/src/sgml/README.links
index 8608859eac6..2668b00d7f5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/README.links
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/README.links
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Intra-document Linking
----------------------
<xref>
- use to get link text from the title of the target link; has no
- close tag
+ use to get chapter/section # from the title of the target
+ link, or xreflabel if defined at the target; has no close tag
http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/documentation/reference/html/xref.html
<link>
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ External Linking
<ulink>
like <link>, but uses a URL (not a document target); requires
- </ulink>; if no text is specified, the URL appears as the link text
+ </ulink>; if no text is specified, the URL appears as the link
+ text
http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/documentation/reference/html/ulink.html
url=
@@ -40,4 +41,5 @@ Guidelines
o If you want to supply text, use <link>, else <xref>
o Do not use text with <ulink> so the URL appears in printed output
-o You can supply text at the target location with 'xreflabel'
+o Specific nouns like GUC variables, SQL commands, and contrib modules
+ usually have xreflabels