diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst
index 6dd7923f8d..a41bb4192d 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.. _contributing:
+.. _dev-guide-contributing:
 
 Contributing
 ============
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/installation.rst b/docs/user-guide/installation.rst
index 1619c5646f..a79f0763cb 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/user-guide/installation.rst
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ Zarr has endorsed `Scientific-Python SPEC 0 <https://scientific-python.org/specs
 
 Development
 -----------
-To install the latest development version of Zarr, see the :ref:`contributing guide <contributing>`.
+To install the latest development version of Zarr, see the :ref:`contributing guide <dev-guide-contributing>`.