diff --git a/lib/rubygems.rb b/lib/rubygems.rb
index 8a5728d831..ee88d23a38 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems.rb
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ require_relative "rubygems/target_rbconfig"
 #
 # == License
 #
-# See {LICENSE.txt}[rdoc-ref:lib/rubygems/LICENSE.txt] for permissions.
+# See {LICENSE.txt}[https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/LICENSE.txt] for permissions.
 #
 # Thanks!
 #