diff --git a/sklearn/datasets/_species_distributions.py b/sklearn/datasets/_species_distributions.py
index ba1ebde0711f1..080092f860e0a 100644
--- a/sklearn/datasets/_species_distributions.py
+++ b/sklearn/datasets/_species_distributions.py
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
 -----
 
 For an example of using this dataset, see
-:ref:`examples/applications/plot_species_distribution_modeling.py
-<sphx_glr_auto_examples_applications_plot_species_distribution_modeling.py>`.
+:ref:`sphx_glr_auto_examples_applications_plot_species_distribution_modeling.py`.
 """
 
 # Authors: The scikit-learn developers
@@ -217,8 +216,7 @@ def fetch_species_distributions(
       Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
 
     - For an example of using this dataset with scikit-learn, see
-      :ref:`examples/applications/plot_species_distribution_modeling.py
-      <sphx_glr_auto_examples_applications_plot_species_distribution_modeling.py>`.
+      :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_examples_applications_plot_species_distribution_modeling.py`.
 
     References
     ----------