diff --git a/doc/htmldoc/ref_material/pynest_apis.rst b/doc/htmldoc/ref_material/pynest_apis.rst
index b09ce02b77..1ddd96c7a2 100644
--- a/doc/htmldoc/ref_material/pynest_apis.rst
+++ b/doc/htmldoc/ref_material/pynest_apis.rst
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ Functions related to parallel computing
 Functions related to spatially distributed nodes
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+.. _pynest_spatial:
+
 .. note::
 
  This used to be a separate topology module. Now, it is integrated into NEST 3.0.