diff --git a/Doc/library/typing.rst b/Doc/library/typing.rst
index 09e9103e1b80d0..d925e39e4e8ccd 100644
--- a/Doc/library/typing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/typing.rst
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Type aliases are useful for simplifying complex type signatures. For example::
        ...
 
 The :keyword:`type` statement is new in Python 3.12. For backwards
-compatibility, type aliases can also be created through simple assignment::
+compatibility, type aliases can also be created through :ref:`assignment statement <assignment>`::
 
    Vector = list[float]