diff --git a/galleries/examples/user_interfaces/GALLERY_HEADER.rst b/galleries/examples/user_interfaces/GALLERY_HEADER.rst
index 75b469da7cf6..86cc759ec266 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/user_interfaces/GALLERY_HEADER.rst
+++ b/galleries/examples/user_interfaces/GALLERY_HEADER.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@ following the embedding_in_SOMEGUI.py examples here. Currently
 Matplotlib supports PyQt/PySide, PyGObject, Tkinter, and wxPython.
 
 When embedding Matplotlib in a GUI, you must use the Matplotlib API
-directly rather than the pylab/pyplot procedural interface, so take a
-look at the examples/api directory for some example code working with
-the API.
+directly rather than the pylab/pyplot procedural interface. See
+:ref:`api_interfaces` for an overview of Matplotlib's API interfaces.
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