diff --git a/sphinx/domains/std.py b/sphinx/domains/std.py
index eeca858ca..300fc9c19 100644
--- a/sphinx/domains/std.py
+++ b/sphinx/domains/std.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from sphinx.roles import XRefRole
 from sphinx.locale import l_, _
 from sphinx.domains import Domain, ObjType
 from sphinx.directives import ObjectDescription
-from sphinx.util import ws_re, logging
+from sphinx.util import ws_re, logging, docname_join
 from sphinx.util.nodes import clean_astext, make_refnode
 
 if False:
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ class StandardDomain(Domain):
                          searchprio=-1),
         'envvar': ObjType(l_('environment variable'), 'envvar'),
         'cmdoption': ObjType(l_('program option'), 'option'),
+        'doc': ObjType(l_('document'), 'doc', searchprio=-1)
     }  # type: Dict[unicode, ObjType]
 
     directives = {
@@ -491,6 +492,8 @@ class StandardDomain(Domain):
                             warn_dangling=True),
         # links to labels, without a different title
         'keyword': XRefRole(warn_dangling=True),
+        # links to documents
+        'doc':     XRefRole(warn_dangling=True, innernodeclass=nodes.inline),
     }  # type: Dict[unicode, Union[RoleFunction, XRefRole]]
 
     initial_data = {
@@ -515,6 +518,7 @@ class StandardDomain(Domain):
                 'the label must precede a section header)',
         'numref':  'undefined label: %(target)s',
         'keyword': 'unknown keyword: %(target)s',
+        'doc': 'unknown document: %(target)s',
         'option': 'unknown option: %(target)s',
         'citation': 'citation not found: %(target)s',
     }
@@ -650,6 +654,8 @@ class StandardDomain(Domain):
             resolver = self._resolve_numref_xref
         elif typ == 'keyword':
             resolver = self._resolve_keyword_xref
+        elif typ == 'doc':
+            resolver = self._resolve_doc_xref
         elif typ == 'option':
             resolver = self._resolve_option_xref
         elif typ == 'citation':
@@ -747,6 +753,22 @@ class StandardDomain(Domain):
         return make_refnode(builder, fromdocname, docname,
                             labelid, contnode)
 
+    def _resolve_doc_xref(self, env, fromdocname, builder, typ, target, node, contnode):
+        # type: (BuildEnvironment, unicode, Builder, unicode, unicode, nodes.Node, nodes.Node) -> nodes.Node  # NOQA
+        # directly reference to document by source name; can be absolute or relative
+        refdoc = node.get('refdoc', fromdocname)
+        docname = docname_join(refdoc, node['reftarget'])
+        if docname not in env.all_docs:
+            return None
+        else:
+            if node['refexplicit']:
+                # reference with explicit title
+                caption = node.astext()
+            else:
+                caption = clean_astext(env.titles[docname])
+            innernode = nodes.inline(caption, caption, classes=['doc'])
+            return make_refnode(builder, fromdocname, docname, None, innernode)
+
     def _resolve_option_xref(self, env, fromdocname, builder, typ, target, node, contnode):
         # type: (BuildEnvironment, unicode, Builder, unicode, unicode, nodes.Node, nodes.Node) -> nodes.Node  # NOQA
         progname = node.get('std:program')
diff --git a/sphinx/environment/__init__.py b/sphinx/environment/__init__.py
index 17fafe8d2..2140193ef 100644
--- a/sphinx/environment/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/environment/__init__.py
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ from docutils.frontend import OptionParser
 from sphinx import addnodes
 from sphinx.io import SphinxStandaloneReader, SphinxDummyWriter, SphinxFileInput
 from sphinx.util import logging
-from sphinx.util import get_matching_docs, docname_join, FilenameUniqDict, status_iterator
-from sphinx.util.nodes import clean_astext, WarningStream, is_translatable, \
-    process_only_nodes
+from sphinx.util import get_matching_docs, FilenameUniqDict, status_iterator
+from sphinx.util.nodes import WarningStream, is_translatable, process_only_nodes
 from sphinx.util.osutil import SEP, ensuredir
 from sphinx.util.i18n import find_catalog_files
 from sphinx.util.console import bold  # type: ignore
@@ -923,8 +922,6 @@ class BuildEnvironment(object):
                 # really hardwired reference types
                 elif typ == 'any':
                     newnode = self._resolve_any_reference(builder, refdoc, node, contnode)
-                elif typ == 'doc':
-                    newnode = self._resolve_doc_reference(builder, refdoc, node, contnode)
                 # no new node found? try the missing-reference event
                 if newnode is None:
                     newnode = builder.app.emit_firstresult(
@@ -960,8 +957,6 @@ class BuildEnvironment(object):
             return
         if domain and typ in domain.dangling_warnings:
             msg = domain.dangling_warnings[typ]
-        elif typ == 'doc':
-            msg = 'unknown document: %(target)s'
         elif node.get('refdomain', 'std') not in ('', 'std'):
             msg = '%s:%s reference target not found: %%(target)s' % \
                   (node['refdomain'], typ)
@@ -970,31 +965,14 @@ class BuildEnvironment(object):
         logger.warning(msg % {'target': target},
                        location=node, type='ref', subtype=typ)
 
-    def _resolve_doc_reference(self, builder, refdoc, node, contnode):
-        # type: (Builder, unicode, nodes.Node, nodes.Node) -> nodes.Node
-        # directly reference to document by source name;
-        # can be absolute or relative
-        docname = docname_join(refdoc, node['reftarget'])
-        if docname in self.all_docs:
-            if node['refexplicit']:
-                # reference with explicit title
-                caption = node.astext()
-            else:
-                caption = clean_astext(self.titles[docname])
-            innernode = nodes.inline(caption, caption)
-            innernode['classes'].append('doc')
-            newnode = nodes.reference('', '', internal=True)
-            newnode['refuri'] = builder.get_relative_uri(refdoc, docname)
-            newnode.append(innernode)
-            return newnode
-
     def _resolve_any_reference(self, builder, refdoc, node, contnode):
         # type: (Builder, unicode, nodes.Node, nodes.Node) -> nodes.Node
         """Resolve reference generated by the "any" role."""
         target = node['reftarget']
         results = []  # type: List[Tuple[unicode, nodes.Node]]
         # first, try resolving as :doc:
-        doc_ref = self._resolve_doc_reference(builder, refdoc, node, contnode)
+        doc_ref = self.domains['std'].resolve_xref(self, refdoc, builder, 'doc',
+                                                   target, node, contnode)
         if doc_ref:
             results.append(('doc', doc_ref))
         # next, do the standard domain (makes this a priority)
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/intersphinx.py b/sphinx/ext/intersphinx.py
index 884778cbc..d1be888ba 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/intersphinx.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/intersphinx.py
@@ -338,9 +338,6 @@ def missing_reference(app, env, node, contnode):
                     for domain in env.domains.values()
                     for objtype in domain.object_types]
         domain = None
-    elif node['reftype'] == 'doc':
-        domain = 'std'  # special case
-        objtypes = ['std:doc']
     else:
         domain = node.get('refdomain')
         if not domain:
diff --git a/sphinx/roles.py b/sphinx/roles.py
index 6723b0122..32894a8e7 100644
--- a/sphinx/roles.py
+++ b/sphinx/roles.py
@@ -323,8 +323,6 @@ def index_role(typ, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner, options={}, content=[]):
 specific_docroles = {
     # links to download references
     'download': XRefRole(nodeclass=addnodes.download_reference),
-    # links to documents
-    'doc': XRefRole(warn_dangling=True, innernodeclass=nodes.inline),
     # links to anything
     'any': AnyXRefRole(warn_dangling=True),
 
diff --git a/sphinx/util/nodes.py b/sphinx/util/nodes.py
index f5091df99..17584e7c9 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/nodes.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/nodes.py
@@ -325,11 +325,14 @@ def make_refnode(builder, fromdocname, todocname, targetid, child, title=None):
     # type: (Builder, unicode, unicode, unicode, nodes.Node, unicode) -> nodes.reference
     """Shortcut to create a reference node."""
     node = nodes.reference('', '', internal=True)
-    if fromdocname == todocname:
+    if fromdocname == todocname and targetid:
         node['refid'] = targetid
     else:
-        node['refuri'] = (builder.get_relative_uri(fromdocname, todocname) +
-                          '#' + targetid)
+        if targetid:
+            node['refuri'] = (builder.get_relative_uri(fromdocname, todocname) +
+                              '#' + targetid)
+        else:
+            node['refuri'] = builder.get_relative_uri(fromdocname, todocname)
     if title:
         node['reftitle'] = title
     node.append(child)
diff --git a/tests/test_ext_intersphinx.py b/tests/test_ext_intersphinx.py
index 934b8a2bd..4d028c151 100644
--- a/tests/test_ext_intersphinx.py
+++ b/tests/test_ext_intersphinx.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ module2 py:module 0 foo.html#module-$ -
 module1.func py:function 1 sub/foo.html#$ -
 CFunc c:function 2 cfunc.html#CFunc -
 a term std:term -1 glossary.html#term-a-term -
+docname std:doc -1 docname.html -
 a term including:colon std:term -1 glossary.html#term-a-term-including-colon -
 '''.encode('utf-8'))
 
@@ -212,6 +213,10 @@ def test_missing_reference(tempdir, app, status, warning):
     rn = reference_check('py', 'mod', 'py3krelparent:module1', 'foo', refdoc='sub/dir/test')
     assert rn['refuri'] == '../../../../py3k/foo.html#module-module1'
 
+    # check refs of standard domain
+    rn = reference_check('std', 'doc', 'docname', 'docname')
+    assert rn['refuri'] == 'https://docs.python.org/docname.html'
+
 
 def test_load_mappings_warnings(tempdir, app, status, warning):
     """