diff --git a/swig/python/README.rst b/swig/python/README.rst
index e66d68f11a12..96728e74d3e3 100644
--- a/swig/python/README.rst
+++ b/swig/python/README.rst
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Building as part of the GDAL library source tree
 ------------------------------------------------
 
 Python bindings are generated by default when building GDAL from source.
-For more detail, see :ref:`building-python-bindings`.
+For more detail, see `Python bindings options <https://gdal.org/development/building_from_source.html#building-python-bindings>`__
 
 The GDAL Python package is built using `SWIG <https://www.swig.org>`__. The currently supported version
 is SWIG >= 4