diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
index f8bb9aa120c4..8954a88ff5b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _memory-allocation:
+
 =======================
 Memory Allocation Guide
 =======================
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/index.rst b/Documentation/vm/index.rst
index c4ded22197ca..2b3ab3a1ccf3 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/vm/index.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 Linux Memory Management Documentation
 =====================================
 
-This is a collection of documents about Linux memory management (mm) subsystem.
+This is a collection of documents about the Linux memory management (mm)
+subsystem.  If you are looking for advice on simply allocating memory,
+see the :ref:`memory-allocation`.
 
 User guides for MM features
 ===========================