diff --git a/doc/getting-started.rst b/doc/getting-started.rst
index 0f2484622c9..f75e0488132 100644
--- a/doc/getting-started.rst
+++ b/doc/getting-started.rst
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ The ``myapp.cabal`` file is a package description file, commonly referred to as
 
 .. warning::
 
-    The version bounds on base, a boot library distributed with GHC, are tied to
-    the GHC version visible when ``cabal init`` is run. If run with a later
-    version of GHC you might see a difference in the version bounds.
+    The version bounds on base, a boot library distributed with GHC
+    [#boot-packages]_, are tied to the GHC version visible when ``cabal init``
+    is run. If run with a later version of GHC you might see a difference in the
+    version bounds.
 
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