diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
index 8ddfce79a1b022..45d1b6c0cdbdba 100644
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -879,8 +879,8 @@ Functions
    below.
 
    The expression's behaviour can be modified by specifying a *flags* value.
-   Values can be any of the following variables, combined using bitwise OR (the
-   ``|`` operator).
+   Values can be any of the `flags`_ variables, combined using bitwise OR
+   (the ``|`` operator).
 
    The sequence ::