diff --git a/compose/compose-file.md b/compose/compose-file.md
index 7b38d8700c..2b35a6a608 100644
--- a/compose/compose-file.md
+++ b/compose/compose-file.md
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ Containers for the linked service will be reachable at a hostname identical to
 the alias, or the service name if no alias was specified.
 
 Links also express dependency between services in the same way as
-[depends_on](compose-file.md#depends-on), so they determine the order of service startup.
+[depends_on](compose-file.md#dependson), so they determine the order of service startup.
 
 > **Note:** If you define both links and [networks](compose-file.md#networks), services with
 > links between them must share at least one network in common in order to