Merge pull request #11085 from mattip/fix-11080

eric-wieser · web-flow · commit dee82fb48fcd · 2018-05-13T11:17:04.000-07:00
DOC: create label and ref, fixes broken link
diff --git a/doc/source/reference/routines.io.rst b/doc/source/reference/routines.io.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ NumPy binary files (NPY, NPZ)
    savez_compressed
 
 The format of these binary file types is documented in
-:py:mod:`numpy.lib.format`
+:ref:`binary-serialization`.
 
 Text files
 ----------
diff --git a/numpy/lib/format.py b/numpy/lib/format.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 """
+
+.. _binary-serialization:
+
 Binary Serialization
 ====================
 
diff --git a/numpy/lib/npyio.py b/numpy/lib/npyio.py
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ def save(file, arr, allow_pickle=True, fix_imports=True):
 
     Notes
     -----
-    For a description of the ``.npy`` format, see :py:mod:`numpy.lib.format`
+    For a description of the ``.npy`` format, see :ref:`binary-serialization`.
 
     Examples
     --------
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ def savez(file, *args, **kwds):
     The ``.npz`` file format is a zipped archive of files named after the
     variables they contain.  The archive is not compressed and each file
     in the archive contains one variable in ``.npy`` format. For a
-    description of the ``.npy`` format, see :py:mod:`numpy.lib.format`
+    description of the ``.npy`` format, see :ref:`binary-serialization`.
 
     When opening the saved ``.npz`` file with `load` a `NpzFile` object is
     returned. This is a dictionary-like object which can be queried for
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ def savez_compressed(file, *args, **kwds):
     variables they contain.  The archive is compressed with
     ``zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED`` and each file in the archive contains one variable
     in ``.npy`` format. For a description of the ``.npy`` format, see 
-    :py:mod:`numpy.lib.format`
+    :ref:`binary-serialization`.
 
 
     When opening the saved ``.npz`` file with `load` a `NpzFile` object is
