diff --git a/Documentation/backward_compatibility.md b/Documentation/backward_compatibility.md
index 0e8e70ff1..fc9806e04 100644
--- a/Documentation/backward_compatibility.md
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ If you run etcd 2.0 on an etcd 0.4 data directory it will automatically migrate
 You will want to coordinate this upgrade by walking through each of your machines in the cluster, stopping etcd 0.4 and then starting etcd 2.0.
 If you would rather manually do the migration, to test it out first in another environment, you can use the [migration tool doc][migrationtooldoc].
 
-[migrationtooldoc]: ../tools/etcd-migrate/README.md
+[migrationtooldoc]: https://github.com/coreos/etcd/blob/master/tools/etcd-migrate/README.md
 
 ## Snapshot Migration