diff --git a/compose/startup-order.md b/compose/startup-order.md
index 4810a0932f..152ade0c88 100644
--- a/compose/startup-order.md
+++ b/compose/startup-order.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ notoc: true
 ---
 
 You can control the order of service startup with the
-[depends_on](compose-file.md#depends-on) option. Compose always starts
+[depends_on](compose-file.md#depends_on) option. Compose always starts
 containers in dependency order, where dependencies are determined by
 `depends_on`, `links`, `volumes_from`, and `network_mode: "service:..."`.