diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/customizing-json-output.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/customizing-json-output.adoc
index fa4ce9c03..0b7a08e3c 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/customizing-json-output.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/customizing-json-output.adoc
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ public RepresentationModelProcessor<EntityModel<Person>> personProcessor() {
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+IMPORTANT: The preceding example hard codes a link to `http://localhost:8080/people`. If you have a Spring MVC endpoint inside your app to which you wish to link, consider using Spring HATEOAS's https://docs.spring.io/spring-hateoas/docs/current/reference/html/#fundamentals.obtaining-links.builder.methods[`linkTo(...)`] method to avoid managing the URL.
+
 IMPORTANT: The preceding example hard codes a link to `http://localhost:8080/people`. If you have a Spring MVC endpoint inside your app to which you wish to link, consider using Spring HATEOAS's https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-hateoas#building-links-pointing-to-methods[`linkTo(...)`] method to avoid managing the URL.
 [[customizing-sdr.customizing-json-output.adding-links]]
 == Adding Links