diff --git a/Doc/library/functools.rst b/Doc/library/functools.rst
index f3e396b4a6f9ad..aee14d5c81f639 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functools.rst
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions:
 
 .. function:: partial(func[,*args][, **keywords])
 
-   Return a new :class:`partial` object which when called will behave like *func*
-   called with the positional arguments *args* and keyword arguments *keywords*. If
-   more arguments are supplied to the call, they are appended to *args*. If
+   Return a new :ref:`partial object<partial-objects>` which when called will behave
+   like *func* called with the positional arguments *args* and keyword arguments *keywords*.
+   If more arguments are supplied to the call, they are appended to *args*. If
    additional keyword arguments are supplied, they extend and override *keywords*.
    Roughly equivalent to::