diff --git a/doc/builders.rst b/doc/builders.rst
index 0075ad810..1297a08e4 100644
--- a/doc/builders.rst
+++ b/doc/builders.rst
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@ The builder's "name" must be given to the **-b** command-line option of
    `<http://idpf.org/epub>`_ or `<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB>`_.
    The builder creates *EPUB 2* files.
 
-   Some ebook readers do not show the link targets of references.  Therefore
-   this builder adds the targets after the link when necessary.  The display
-   of the URLs can be customized by adding CSS rules for the class
-   ``link-target``.
-
    Its name is ``epub``.
 
 .. module:: sphinx.builders.latex
diff --git a/doc/config.rst b/doc/config.rst
index 70adbfe0c..24334f363 100644
--- a/doc/config.rst
+++ b/doc/config.rst
@@ -956,6 +956,9 @@ the `Dublin Core metadata <http://dublincore.org/>`_.
    * ``'footnote'`` -- display URLs in footnotes
    * ``'no'`` -- do not display URLs
 
+   The display of inline URLs can be customized by adding CSS rules for the
+   class ``link-target``.
+
    .. versionadded:: 1.2
 
 .. confval:: epub_use_index