diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 060652c9f94ae..f1328b0eeee5e 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -4066,8 +4066,8 @@ def lookup(self, row_labels, col_labels) -> np.ndarray:
         .. deprecated:: 1.2.0
             DataFrame.lookup is deprecated,
             use DataFrame.melt and DataFrame.loc instead.
-            For an example see :meth:`~pandas.DataFrame.lookup`
-            in the user guide.
+            For further details see
+            :ref:`Looking up values by index/column labels <indexing.lookup>`.
 
         Parameters
         ----------