diff --git a/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst b/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
index 6cc76a1d610..fb8098f766a 100644
--- a/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
+++ b/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
    the results consistent enough to monitor for performance changes.
    (:pull:`5959`)
 
-#. `@rcomer`_ made some ``slices_over`` tests go faster (:pull:`5973`)
+#. `@rcomer`_ made some :meth:`~iris.cube.Cube.slices_over` tests go faster (:pull:`5973`)
 
 
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