diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst
index 0caaed576225..15ab86112627 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Library functionality that is used throughout the kernel.
    :maxdepth: 1
 
    kobject
+   kref
    assoc_array
    xarray
    idr
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst b/Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst
index c3ac2963283b..e93dc8cf52dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/kobject.rst
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ statically and will warn the developer of this improper usage.
 If all that you want to use a kobject for is to provide a reference counter
 for your structure, please use the struct kref instead; a kobject would be
 overkill.  For more information on how to use struct kref, please see the
-file Documentation/kref.txt in the Linux kernel source tree.
+file Documentation/core-api/kref.rst in the Linux kernel source tree.
 
 
 Creating "simple" kobjects
diff --git a/Documentation/kref.txt b/Documentation/core-api/kref.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/kref.txt
rename to Documentation/core-api/kref.rst