diff --git a/src/docbkx/repository-namespace-reference.xml b/src/docbkx/repository-namespace-reference.xml
index 6a73c1d4a..c0f747953 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/repository-namespace-reference.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/repository-namespace-reference.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
     <para>The <code>&lt;repositories /&gt;</code> element acts as container
     for <code>&lt;repository /&gt;</code> elements or can be left empty to
     trigger auto detection<footnote>
-        <para>see <xref linkend="config.autoconfig" /></para>
+        <para>see <xref
+        linkend="repositories.create-instances.spring" /></para>
       </footnote> of repository instances. Attributes defined for
     <code>&lt;repositories /&gt;</code> are propagated to contained
     <code>&lt;repository /&gt;</code> elements but can be overridden of
@@ -102,4 +103,4 @@
       </tgroup>
     </table>
   </section>
-</appendix>
\ No newline at end of file
+</appendix>