diff --git a/doc/api.rst b/doc/api.rst
index 9b3d6dfaf95..256a1dbf3af 100644
--- a/doc/api.rst
+++ b/doc/api.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This page provides an auto-generated summary of xarray's API. For more details
 and examples, refer to the relevant chapters in the main part of the
 documentation.
 
-See also: :ref:`public api`_.
+See also: :ref:`public api`
 
 Top-level functions
 ===================