diff --git a/sphinx/templates/genindex-single.html b/sphinx/templates/genindex-single.html
index f6003cf2e..a7c49a898 100644
--- a/sphinx/templates/genindex-single.html
+++ b/sphinx/templates/genindex-single.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <dd><dl>
     {%- for subentryname, subentrylinks in subitems %}
     <dt><a href="{{ subentrylinks[0] }}">{{ subentryname|e }}</a>
-    {%- for link in subentrylinks[1:] %}, <a href="{{ link }}">[Link]</a>{% endfor -%}
+    {%- for link in subentrylinks[1:] %}, <a href="{{ link }}">[{{ loop.index }}]</a>{% endfor -%}
     </dt>
     {%- endfor %}
   </dl></dd>
diff --git a/sphinx/templates/genindex.html b/sphinx/templates/genindex.html
index ec55b70e8..5ad6bdb7d 100644
--- a/sphinx/templates/genindex.html
+++ b/sphinx/templates/genindex.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 {%- set numitems = 0 %}
 {% for entryname, (links, subitems) in entries %}
 <dt>{%- if links -%}<a href="{{ links[0] }}">{{ entryname|e }}</a>
-  {%- for link in links[1:] %}, <a href="{{ link }}">[Link]</a>{% endfor -%}
+  {%- for link in links[1:] %}, <a href="{{ link }}">[{{ loop.index }}]</a>{% endfor -%}
   {%- else -%}
 {{ entryname|e }}
   {%- endif -%}</dt>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <dd><dl>
     {%- for subentryname, subentrylinks in subitems %}
     <dt><a href="{{ subentrylinks[0] }}">{{ subentryname|e }}</a>
-    {%- for link in subentrylinks[1:] %}, <a href="{{ link }}">[Link]</a>{% endfor -%}
+    {%- for link in subentrylinks[1:] %}, <a href="{{ link }}">[{{ loop.index }}]</a>{% endfor -%}
     </dt>
     {%- endfor %}
   </dl></dd>