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@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ a repository on a local or remote host. Note that if you plan to run borgmatic
 on a schedule with cron, and you encrypt your Borg repository with a
 passphrase instead of a key file, you'll either need to set the borgmatic
 `encryption_passphrase` configuration variable or set the `BORG_PASSPHRASE`
-environment variable. See the repository encryption section of the Quick Start
-for more info.
+environment variable. See the [repository encryption
+section](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quickstart.html#repository-encryption)
+of the Quick Start for more info.
 
 If the repository is on a remote host, make sure that your local root user has
 key-based ssh access to the desired user account on the remote host.