diff --git a/requests/adapters.py b/requests/adapters.py
index 841cbbfe..cdc5744c 100644
--- a/requests/adapters.py
+++ b/requests/adapters.py
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ class HTTPAdapter(BaseAdapter):
         :param request: The :class:`PreparedRequest <PreparedRequest>` being sent.
         :param stream: (optional) Whether to stream the request content.
         :param timeout: (optional) How long to wait for the server to send
-            data before giving up, as a float, or a (`connect timeout, read
-            timeout <user/advanced.html#timeouts>`_) tuple.
+            data before giving up, as a float, or a :ref:`(connect timeout,
+            read timeout) <timeouts>` tuple.
         :type timeout: float or tuple
         :param verify: (optional) Whether to verify SSL certificates.
         :param cert: (optional) Any user-provided SSL certificate to be trusted.
diff --git a/requests/api.py b/requests/api.py
index d40fa380..72a777b2 100644
--- a/requests/api.py
+++ b/requests/api.py
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ def request(method, url, **kwargs):
     :param files: (optional) Dictionary of ``'name': file-like-objects`` (or ``{'name': ('filename', fileobj)}``) for multipart encoding upload.
     :param auth: (optional) Auth tuple to enable Basic/Digest/Custom HTTP Auth.
     :param timeout: (optional) How long to wait for the server to send data
-        before giving up, as a float, or a (`connect timeout, read timeout
-        <user/advanced.html#timeouts>`_) tuple.
+        before giving up, as a float, or a :ref:`(connect timeout, read
+        timeout) <timeouts>` tuple.
     :type timeout: float or tuple
     :param allow_redirects: (optional) Boolean. Set to True if POST/PUT/DELETE redirect following is allowed.
     :type allow_redirects: bool
diff --git a/requests/sessions.py b/requests/sessions.py
index 71ced5a5..50291fac 100644
--- a/requests/sessions.py
+++ b/requests/sessions.py
@@ -424,8 +424,8 @@ class Session(SessionRedirectMixin):
         :param auth: (optional) Auth tuple or callable to enable
             Basic/Digest/Custom HTTP Auth.
         :param timeout: (optional) How long to wait for the server to send
-            data before giving up, as a float, or a (`connect timeout, read
-            timeout <user/advanced.html#timeouts>`_) tuple.
+            data before giving up, as a float, or a :ref:`(connect timeout,
+            read timeout) <timeouts>` tuple.
         :type timeout: float or tuple
         :param allow_redirects: (optional) Set to True by default.
         :type allow_redirects: bool