diff --git a/python/docs/source/development/contributing.rst b/python/docs/source/development/contributing.rst
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--- a/python/docs/source/development/contributing.rst
+++ b/python/docs/source/development/contributing.rst
@@ -246,9 +246,9 @@ To throw a standardized user-facing error or exception, developers should specif
 Usage
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-1. Check if an appropriate error class already exists in `error_classes.py`.
+1. Check if an appropriate error class already exists in `Error classes in PySpark <errors.rst#error-classes-in-pyspark>`_.
    If true, use the error class and skip to step 3.
-2. Add a new class to `error_classes.py`; keep in mind the invariants below.
+2. Add a new class to `error_classes.py <https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/master/python/pyspark/errors/error_classes.py>`_; keep in mind the invariants below.
 3. Check if the exception type already extends `PySparkException`.
    If true, skip to step 5.
 4. Mix `PySparkException` into the exception.