diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
index b032366fd0..9fb5c1c0cb 100644
--- a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt
@@ -205,9 +205,8 @@ when calling :meth:`~django.forms.Form.is_valid()` or accessing the
 ``full_clean()``, although you will typically not use the latter method in
 practice.
 
-``Model`` validation (:meth:`Model.full_clean()
-<django.db.models.Model.full_clean()>`) is triggered from within the form
-validation step, right after the form's ``clean()`` method is called.
+``Model`` validation is triggered from within the form validation step,
+right after the form's ``clean()`` method is called.
 
 .. warning::