diff --git a/src/contributing.md b/src/contributing.md
index 0415f8e08..5dd80c933 100644
--- a/src/contributing.md
+++ b/src/contributing.md
@@ -373,9 +373,12 @@ the submodule to. Running `./x.py build` should work now.
 ## Writing Documentation
 
 Documentation improvements are very welcome. The source of `doc.rust-lang.org`
-is located in `src/doc` in the tree, and standard API documentation is generated
-from the source code itself. Documentation pull requests function in the same way
-as other pull requests.
+is located in [`src/doc`] in the tree, and standard API documentation is generated
+from the source code itself (e.g. [`lib.rs`]). Documentation pull requests function
+in the same way as other pull requests.
+
+[`src/doc`]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/src/doc
+[`lib.rs`]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/library/std/src/lib.rs#L1
 
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