diff --git a/docs/creating-your-site.md b/docs/creating-your-site.md
index e80bff19b..ca9a1558b 100644
--- a/docs/creating-your-site.md
+++ b/docs/creating-your-site.md
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ mkdocs serve # (1)
 
 1.  If you have a large documentation project, it might take minutes until
     MkDocs has rebuilt all pages for you to preview. If you're only interested
-    in the current page, the `--dirtyreload` flag will make rebuilds much
-    faster:
+    in the current page, the [`--dirtyreload`][--dirtyreload] flag will make
+    rebuilds much faster:
 
     ```
     mkdocs serve --dirtyreload
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ Point your browser to [localhost:8000][live preview] and you should see:
 
 [![Creating your site]][Creating your site]
 
+  [--dirtyreload]: https://www.mkdocs.org/about/release-notes/#support-for-dirty-builds-990
   [live preview]: http://localhost:8000
   [Creating your site]: assets/screenshots/creating-your-site.png