diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea79a572b..967989b1c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - PHP8.3 support [#925](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/925)
 - Backlink to GitHub in docs
 - Explain how to do escaping and set-up auto-escaping in docs [#865](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/865)
+- Link to variable scope page in the documentation for the assign tag [#878](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/878)
 
 ### Fixed
 - The {debug} tag was broken in v5 [#922](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/922)
diff --git a/docs/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-assign.md b/docs/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-assign.md
index 518e3f7df..abcc8e5a6 100644
--- a/docs/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-assign.md
+++ b/docs/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-assign.md
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ execution of a template**.
 |----------------|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | var            |            | The name of the variable being assigned                               | 
 | value          |            | The value being assigned                                              |                             
-| scope          | (optional) | The scope of the assigned variable: \'parent\',\'root\' or \'global\' | 
+| scope          | (optional) | The scope of the assigned variable: 'parent','root' or 'global' | 
 
 ## Attributes of the {$var=...} syntax
 | Attribute Name | Required   | Description                                                           |
 |----------------|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| scope          | (optional) | The scope of the assigned variable: \'parent\',\'root\' or \'global\' | 
+| scope          | (optional) | The scope of the assigned variable: 'parent','root' or 'global' | 
 
 ## Option Flags
 | Name    | Description                                       |
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ A global variable is seen by all templates.
 {$foo="bar" scope="global"}
 ```
  
+For more information on variable scope, please read the page on [variable scopes](../language-variables/language-variable-scopes.md).
+
 To access `{assign}` variables from a php script use
 [`getTemplateVars()`](../../programmers/api-functions/api-get-template-vars.md). 
 Here's the template that creates the variable `$foo`.