diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 9c1d395722..fd9e36b99f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Configuration
 The optional configuration variable `core.excludesfile` indicates a path to a
 file containing patterns of file names to exclude from git-add, similar to
 $GIT_DIR/info/exclude.  Patterns in the exclude file are used in addition to
-those in info/exclude.  See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5].
+those in info/exclude.  See linkgit:gitignore[5].
 
 
 EXAMPLES