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@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ sys/net
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 The `sys/net` sub-directory needs to be explicitly mentioned, as this is where
 all the networking code in RIOT resides. Here you can find the network stack
-implementations (e.g. the GNRC stack) as well as network stack agnostic code as
+implementations (e.g. the @ref net_gnrc "GNRC" stack) as well as network stack agnostic code as
 header definitions or network types.
 
 See @ref net for more details on networking code.