#19196: Improved cross-references in distutils documentation.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
index 246be14..54f0a4e 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
@@ -994,8 +994,9 @@ directories.
    simply the list of all files under *src*, with the names changed to be under
    *dst*.
 
-   *preserve_mode* and *preserve_times* are the same as for :func:`copy_file` in
-   :mod:`distutils.file_util`; note that they only apply to regular files, not to
+   *preserve_mode* and *preserve_times* are the same as for
+   :func:`distutils.file_util.copy_file`; note that they only apply to
+   regular files, not to
    directories.  If *preserve_symlinks* is true, symlinks will be copied as
    symlinks (on platforms that support them!); otherwise (the default), the
    destination of the symlink will be copied.  *update* and *verbose* are the same
@@ -1175,7 +1176,7 @@ other utility module.
    Generate a useful error message from an :exc:`OSError` exception object.
    Handles Python 1.5.1 and later styles, and does what it can to deal with
    exception objects that don't have a filename (which happens when the error
-   is due to a two-file operation, such as :func:`rename` or :func:`link`).
+   is due to a two-file operation, such as :func:`~os.rename` or :func:`~os.link`).
    Returns the error message as a string prefixed with *prefix*.
 
 
@@ -1265,8 +1266,8 @@ other utility module.
               built/installed/distributed
 
 
-This module provides the :class:`Distribution` class, which represents the
-module distribution being built/installed/distributed.
+This module provides the :class:`~distutils.core.Distribution` class, which
+represents the module distribution being built/installed/distributed.
 
 
 :mod:`distutils.extension` --- The Extension class
@@ -1712,8 +1713,8 @@ This module supplies the abstract base class :class:`Command`.
    options, is the :meth:`run` method, which must also be implemented by every
    command class.
 
-   The class constructor takes a single argument *dist*, a :class:`Distribution`
-   instance.
+   The class constructor takes a single argument *dist*, a
+   :class:`~distutils.core.Distribution` instance.
 
 
 Creating a new Distutils command