diff --git a/Doc/howto/clinic.rst b/Doc/howto/clinic.rst
index b8afc7e6d762aa..a97f1d23f53f31 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 2657b4ec6aaf9f..2eddb582da7c24 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 4364ac342471eb..ab8df8b02c5f7f 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/library/importlib.metadata.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst
index 4b94ccc49c47e7..988d1a317f5960 100644
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ Because `Distribution Package <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/glossary/#
 is not available through :data:`sys.path` searches, or
 package loaders directly,
 the metadata for a distribution is found through import
-system `finders`_.  To find a distribution package's metadata,
+system :ref:`finders <finders-and-loaders>`.  To find a distribution package's metadata,
 ``importlib.metadata`` queries the list of :term:`meta path finders <meta path finder>` on
 :data:`sys.meta_path`.
 
@@ -396,4 +396,3 @@ a custom finder, return instances of this derived ``Distribution`` in the
 
 .. _`entry point API`: https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html#entry-points
 .. _`metadata API`: https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html#metadata-api
-.. _`finders`: https://docs.python.org/3/reference/import.html#finders-and-loaders
diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index 9dacd66ee564fd..301f41f3952c96 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 fd8cc019b4d1a8..d535b254f05698 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 39997661bb96c4..0c3bfda1933957 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 9308d1a76fec7a..e4294c88b58572 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 95aa6f7a8582ae..37a6cf24e54562 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 77ccc7453c2157..54b61ca3b7785f 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.
 
 ..