diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 3153f79e10c..7bb501c5946 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -3951,7 +3951,7 @@ to be ignored.
 
    .. note::
 
-      The standard way to exit is ``sys.exit(n)``.  :func:`_exit` should
+      The standard way to exit is :func:`sys.exit(n) <sys.exit>`.  :func:`!_exit` should
       normally only be used in the child process after a :func:`fork`.
 
 The following exit codes are defined and can be used with :func:`_exit`,