diff --git a/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt b/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt
index 16f25ae564..0f8676e89c 100644
--- a/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt
@@ -624,6 +624,8 @@ for example::
 Variable resolution will throw a ``VariableDoesNotExist`` exception if it cannot
 resolve the string passed to it in the current context of the page.
 
+.. _howto-custom-template-tags-simple-tags:
+
 Shortcut for simple tags
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