diff --git a/docs/sources/linking/dashboard-links.md b/docs/sources/linking/dashboard-links.md
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Add links to other dashboards at the top of your current dashboard.
    - **With tags** – Enter tags to limit the linked dashboards to only the ones with the tags you enter. Otherwise, Grafana includes links to all other dashboards.
    - **As dropdown** – If you are linking to lots of dashboards, then you probably want to select this option and add an optional title to the dropdown. Otherwise, Grafana displays the dashboard links side by side across the top of your dashboard.
    - **Time range** – Select this option to include the dashboard time range in the link. When the user clicks the link, the linked dashboard opens with the indicated time range already set. **Example:** https://play.grafana.org/d/000000010/annotations?orgId=1&from=now-3h&to=now
-   - **Variable values** – Select this option to include template variables currently used as query parameters in the link. When the user clicks the link, any matching templates in the linked dashboard are set to the values from the link. **Example:** https://play.grafana.org/d/000000074/alerting?var-app=backend&var-server=backend_01&var-server=backend_03&var-interval=1h
+   - **Variable values** – Select this option to include template variables currently used as query parameters in the link. When the user clicks the link, any matching templates in the linked dashboard are set to the values from the link. Here is the variable format: `https://${you-domain}/path/to/your/dashboard?var-${template-varable1}=value1&var-{template-variable2}=value2` **Example:** https://play.grafana.org/d/000000074/alerting?var-app=backend&var-server=backend_01&var-server=backend_03&var-interval=1h
    - **Open in new tab** – Select this option if you want the dashboard link to open in a new tab or window.
 1. Click **Add**.
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Add a link to a URL at the top of your current dashboard. You can link to any av
      - `from` - Defines the lower limit of the time range, specified in ms epoch.
      - `to` - Defines the upper limit of the time range, specified in ms epoch.
      - `time` and `time.window` - Define a time range from `time-time.window/2` to `time+time.window/2`. Both params should be specified in ms. For example `?time=1500000000000&time.window=10000` will result in 10s time range from 1499999995000 to 1500000005000.
-   - **Variable values** – Select this option to include template variables currently used as query parameters in the link. When the user clicks the link, any matching templates in the linked dashboard are set to the values from the link. **Example:** https://play.grafana.org/d/000000074/alerting?var-app=backend&var-server=backend_01&var-server=backend_03&var-interval=1h
+   - **Variable values** – Select this option to include template variables currently used as query parameters in the link. When the user clicks the link, any matching templates in the linked dashboard are set to the values from the link. Here is the variable format: `https://${you-domain}/path/to/your/dashboard?var-${template-varable1}=value1&var-{template-variable2}=value2` **Example:** https://play.grafana.org/d/000000074/alerting?var-app=backend&var-server=backend_01&var-server=backend_03&var-interval=1h
    - **Open in new tab** – Select this option if you want the dashboard link to open in a new tab or window.
 1. Click **Add**.