diff --git a/rfcs.md b/rfcs.md
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+++ b/rfcs.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 RFCs (requests for comments) are written proposals for large features or big breaking changes of
 the SpatialData data model, the storage format, or several in-memory formats at once. When to write
-one and the process are in {ref}`contributing-rfcs`; new RFCs start from the
-{doc}`RFC template <rfcs/template>`.
+one and the process are in {ref}`the RFC section of the contributing guide <contributing-rfcs>`;
+new RFCs start from the {doc}`RFC template <rfcs/template>`.
 
 % the table is written by build.py from the headers of the files in rfcs/
 % begin rfc-table
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ neither, e.g. an RFC about implementations.
 Statuses: *idea* (not yet written up) · *planned* (agreed to be written) · *draft* (pull request
 open) · *under review* (on this page, discussed and revised) · *accepted* (design agreed) ·
 *specified* (in the draft of the next version) · *released* (in a released version) · *rejected* ·
-*withdrawn* (by its authors); the process, with a figure, is in {ref}`contributing-rfcs`.
+*withdrawn* (by its authors); the process, with a figure, is in
+{ref}`the contributing guide <contributing-rfcs>`.
 
 ```{toctree}
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