diff --git a/docs/manual/common-usage.txt b/docs/manual/common-usage.txt
index 7602260bab..8dd99a6dac 100644
--- a/docs/manual/common-usage.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/common-usage.txt
@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ to +make+ or set in the environment:
   Buildroot stores/retrieves downloaded files
   +
   Note that the Buildroot download directory can also be set from the
-  configuration interface, so through the Buildroot +.config+ file; this
-  is the recommended way of setting it.
+  configuration interface, so through the Buildroot +.config+ file. See
+  xref:download-location[] for more details on how you can set the download
+  directory.
 * +BR2_GRAPH_ALT+, if set and non-empty, to use an alternate color-scheme in
   build-time graphs
 * +BR2_GRAPH_OUT+ to set the filetype of generated graphs, either +pdf+ (the
diff --git a/docs/manual/download-location.txt b/docs/manual/download-location.txt
index 0b53f54ca1..d485df94f5 100644
--- a/docs/manual/download-location.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/download-location.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // -*- mode:doc; -*-
 // vim: set syntax=asciidoc:
 
+[[download-location]]
+
 ==== Location of downloaded packages
 
 The various tarballs that are downloaded by Buildroot are all stored