diff --git a/Doc/howto/clinic.rst b/Doc/howto/clinic.rst
index e5ed32f69a8..4e9b3dee091 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/clinic.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/clinic.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 .. highlight:: c
 
+.. _howto-clinic:
+
 **********************
 Argument Clinic How-To
 **********************
diff --git a/Doc/howto/isolating-extensions.rst b/Doc/howto/isolating-extensions.rst
index 2657b4ec6aa..2eddb582da7 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/isolating-extensions.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/isolating-extensions.rst
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ Module State Access from Slot Methods, Getters and Setters
 
    .. After adding to limited API:
 
-      If you use the `limited API <https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/stable.html>__,
+      If you use the :ref:`limited API <stable>,
       you must update ``Py_LIMITED_API`` to ``0x030b0000``, losing ABI
       compatibility with earlier versions.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst b/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst
index 4364ac34247..ab8df8b02c5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Module contents
     .. versionchanged:: 3.11
        If a field name is already included in the ``__slots__``
        of a base class, it will not be included in the generated ``__slots__``
-       to prevent `overriding them <https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html#notes-on-using-slots>`_.
+       to prevent :ref:`overriding them <datamodel-note-slots>`.
        Therefore, do not use ``__slots__`` to retrieve the field names of a
        dataclass. Use :func:`fields` instead.
        To be able to determine inherited slots,
diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index f2465cdf40f..70021c47c32 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -1904,6 +1904,8 @@ Attribute lookup speed can be significantly improved as well.
    and *__weakref__* for each instance.
 
 
+.. _datamodel-note-slots:
+
 Notes on using *__slots__*
 """"""""""""""""""""""""""
 
diff --git a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
index b929705648c..0422cd2e4e7 100644
--- a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
+++ b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ re-used.
 
 .. deprecated:: 3.6
    ``pyvenv`` was the recommended tool for creating virtual environments for
-   Python 3.3 and 3.4, and is `deprecated in Python 3.6
-   <https://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/3.6.html#id8>`_.
+   Python 3.3 and 3.4, and is
+   :ref:`deprecated in Python 3.6 <whatsnew36-venv>`.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 3.5
    The use of ``venv`` is now recommended for creating virtual environments.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
index 39997661bb9..0c3bfda1933 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ This section has just been a quick overview of the new features, giving enough
 of an explanation to start you programming, but many details have been
 simplified or ignored.  Where should you go to get a more complete picture?
 
-https://docs.python.org/dev/howto/descriptor.html is a lengthy tutorial introduction to
+The :ref:`descriptorhowto` is a lengthy tutorial introduction to
 the descriptor features, written by Guido van Rossum. If my description has
 whetted your appetite, go read this tutorial next, because it goes into much
 more detail about the new features while still remaining quite easy to read.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
index 70e45258654..f138fa5c0e9 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
@@ -2052,6 +2052,8 @@ tkinter
 The :mod:`tkinter.tix` module is now deprecated.  :mod:`tkinter` users
 should use :mod:`tkinter.ttk` instead.
 
+.. _whatsnew36-venv:
+
 venv
 ~~~~
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
index 7f85ff3ffa9..4e2dbe3b539 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ Positional-only parameters
 There is a new function parameter syntax ``/`` to indicate that some
 function parameters must be specified positionally and cannot be used as
 keyword arguments.  This is the same notation shown by ``help()`` for C
-functions annotated with Larry Hastings' `Argument Clinic
-<https://docs.python.org/3/howto/clinic.html>`_ tool.
+functions annotated with Larry Hastings'
+:ref:`Argument Clinic <howto-clinic>` tool.
 
 In the following example, parameters *a* and *b* are positional-only,
 while *c* or *d* can be positional or keyword, and *e* or *f* are
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.9.0a3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.9.0a3.rst
index 77ccc7453c2..54b61ca3b77 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.9.0a3.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.9.0a3.rst
@@ -805,8 +805,7 @@ event loop only if called from the main thread.
 .. section: Documentation
 
 Add an entry for ``__module__`` in the "function" & "method" sections of the
-`inspect docs types and members table
-<https://docs.python.org/3/library/inspect.html#types-and-members>`_
+:mod:`inspect` docs' :ref:`inspect-types` table.
 
 ..