diff --git a/doc/markup/code.rst b/doc/markup/code.rst
index 98fdad7db..957774f05 100644
--- a/doc/markup/code.rst
+++ b/doc/markup/code.rst
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ installed) and handled in a smart way:
     certain well-recognizable languages)
   * ``rest``
   * ``c``
-  * ... and any other lexer name that Pygments supports.
+  * ... and any other `lexer alias that Pygments supports
+    <http://pygments.org/docs/lexers/>`_.
 
 * If highlighting with the selected language fails (i.e. Pygments emits an
   "Error" token), the block is not highlighted in any way.