diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 0e25b2c92b..3c52ee597d 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -3201,12 +3201,13 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore::
 submodule.<name>.active::
 	Boolean value indicating if the submodule is of interest to git
 	commands.  This config option takes precedence over the
-	submodule.active config option.
+	submodule.active config option. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for
+	details.
 
 submodule.active::
 	A repeated field which contains a pathspec used to match against a
 	submodule's path to determine if the submodule is of interest to git
-	commands.
+	commands. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for details.
 
 submodule.recurse::
 	Specifies if commands recurse into submodules by default. This