diff --git a/gio/gapplication.c b/gio/gapplication.c
index 3720146af..7591f6d28 100644
--- a/gio/gapplication.c
+++ b/gio/gapplication.c
@@ -2395,7 +2395,7 @@ g_application_open (GApplication  *application,
  * and override local_command_line(). In this case, you most likely want
  * to return %TRUE from your local_command_line() implementation to
  * suppress the default handling. See
- * [gapplication-example-cmdline2.c][gapplication-example-cmdline2]
+ * [gapplication-example-cmdline2.c][https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/blob/master/gio/tests/gapplication-example-cmdline2.c]
  * for an example.
  *
  * If, after the above is done, the use count of the application is zero