diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
index 5bb93390aa5f79c..0a8c88b50cdeec5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -880,8 +880,8 @@ 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 ::