diff --git a/doc/api/modules.md b/doc/api/modules.md
index 5f920ec324bc21..d5d713d935b3ee 100644
--- a/doc/api/modules.md
+++ b/doc/api/modules.md
@@ -359,8 +359,7 @@ require(X) from module at path Y
 MAYBE_DETECT_AND_LOAD(X)
 1. If X parses as a CommonJS module, load X as a CommonJS module. STOP.
 2. Else, if the source code of X can be parsed as ECMAScript module using
-  <a href="esm.md#resolver-algorithm-specification">DETECT_MODULE_SYNTAX defined in
-  the ESM resolver</a>,
+  DETECT_MODULE_SYNTAX defined in the ESM resolver,
   a. Load X as an ECMAScript module. STOP.
 3. THROW the SyntaxError from attempting to parse X as CommonJS in 1. STOP.
 
@@ -424,7 +423,7 @@ LOAD_PACKAGE_IMPORTS(X, DIR)
   a. let CONDITIONS = ["node", "require", "module-sync"]
   b. Else, let CONDITIONS = ["node", "require"]
 5. let MATCH = PACKAGE_IMPORTS_RESOLVE(X, pathToFileURL(SCOPE),
-  CONDITIONS) <a href="esm.md#resolver-algorithm-specification">defined in the ESM resolver</a>.
+  CONDITIONS) defined in the ESM resolver.
 6. RESOLVE_ESM_MATCH(MATCH).
 
 LOAD_PACKAGE_EXPORTS(X, DIR)
@@ -438,7 +437,7 @@ LOAD_PACKAGE_EXPORTS(X, DIR)
   a. let CONDITIONS = ["node", "require", "module-sync"]
   b. Else, let CONDITIONS = ["node", "require"]
 6. let MATCH = PACKAGE_EXPORTS_RESOLVE(pathToFileURL(DIR/NAME), "." + SUBPATH,
-   `package.json` "exports", CONDITIONS) <a href="esm.md#resolver-algorithm-specification">defined in the ESM resolver</a>.
+   `package.json` "exports", CONDITIONS) defined in the ESM resolver.
 7. RESOLVE_ESM_MATCH(MATCH)
 
 LOAD_PACKAGE_SELF(X, DIR)
@@ -448,7 +447,7 @@ LOAD_PACKAGE_SELF(X, DIR)
 4. If the SCOPE/package.json "name" is not the first segment of X, return.
 5. let MATCH = PACKAGE_EXPORTS_RESOLVE(pathToFileURL(SCOPE),
    "." + X.slice("name".length), `package.json` "exports", ["node", "require"])
-   <a href="esm.md#resolver-algorithm-specification">defined in the ESM resolver</a>.
+   defined in the ESM resolver.
 6. RESOLVE_ESM_MATCH(MATCH)
 
 RESOLVE_ESM_MATCH(MATCH)
@@ -458,6 +457,8 @@ RESOLVE_ESM_MATCH(MATCH)
 3. THROW "not found"
 ```
 
+The "ESM resolver" is defined [in the ESM documentation](esm.md#resolver-algorithm-specification).
+
 ## Caching
 
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