diff --git a/docs/fileformat_netcdf/index.rst b/docs/fileformat_netcdf/index.rst
index dbc9d8444d3fc1c9c31ac0856dfe19d40d966742..faa32ee862d6ea6058a3e07b729db36c2fbf9f18 100644
--- a/docs/fileformat_netcdf/index.rst
+++ b/docs/fileformat_netcdf/index.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ NasaAmes file format:
 
  * NetCDF/CF conformity
  * Good file access support by standard reading libraries
- * Datasets with changing metadata over time can be stored (see time dependent metadata)
+ * Datasets with changing metadata over time can be stored (see :ref:`time_dependent_metadata`)
  * Additional dimensions available for e.g. measurements in multiple size bins, wavenlength etc.
 
 .. toctree::