diff --git a/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst b/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst
index a054de0c50dc..c9ac4f77e78c 100644
--- a/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst
+++ b/Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst
@@ -1,36 +1,31 @@
-.. _configuregit:
-
-Configure Git
-=============
+Configuring Git
+===============
 
 This chapter describes maintainer level git configuration.
 
-Tagged branches used in :ref:`Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
-<pullrequests>` should be signed with the developers public GPG key. Signed
-tags can be created by passing ``-u <key-id>`` to ``git tag``. However,
-since you would *usually* use the same key for the project, you can
-set it in the configuration and use the ``-s`` flag. To set the default
-``key-id`` use
-::
+Tagged branches used in pull requests (see
+Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst) should be signed with the
+developers public GPG key. Signed tags can be created by passing
+``-u <key-id>`` to ``git tag``. However, since you would *usually* use the same
+key for the project, you can set it in the configuration and use the ``-s``
+flag. To set the default ``key-id`` use::
 
 	git config user.signingkey "keyname"
 
-Alternatively, edit your ``.git/config`` or ``~/.gitconfig`` file by hand:
-::
+Alternatively, edit your ``.git/config`` or ``~/.gitconfig`` file by hand::
 
 	[user]
 		name = Jane Developer
 		email = jd@domain.org
 		signingkey = jd@domain.org
 
-You may need to tell ``git`` to use ``gpg2``
-::
+You may need to tell ``git`` to use ``gpg2``::
 
 	[gpg]
 		program = /path/to/gpg2
 
-You may also like to tell ``gpg`` which ``tty`` to use (add to your shell rc file)
-::
+You may also like to tell ``gpg`` which ``tty`` to use (add to your shell
+rc file)::
 
 	export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
 
@@ -44,14 +39,12 @@ of patches here is a recommended practice, and when a maintainer applies a
 patch to a subsystem tree, it is a good idea to provide a Link: tag with a
 reference back to the lore archive so that people that browse the commit
 history can find related discussions and rationale behind a certain change.
-The link tag will look like this:
+The link tag will look like this::
 
     Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/<message-id>
 
 This can be configured to happen automatically any time you issue ``git am``
-by adding the following hook into your git:
-
-.. code-block:: none
+by adding the following hook into your git::
 
 	$ git config am.messageid true
 	$ cat >.git/hooks/applypatch-msg <<'EOF'
diff --git a/Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst b/Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
index e072de60ccb0..00b200facf67 100644
--- a/Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
+++ b/Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-.. _pullrequests:
-
 Creating Pull Requests
 ======================
 
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ named ``char-misc-next``, you would be using the following command::
 
 that will create a signed tag called ``char-misc-4.15-rc1`` based on the
 last commit in the ``char-misc-next`` branch, and sign it with your gpg key
-(see :ref:`Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst <configuregit>`).
+(see Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst).
 
 Linus will only accept pull requests based on a signed tag. Other
 maintainers may differ.