diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 7be26ad0a..fe9d48b42 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ library, and adding logic and features that the OpenStack Infra team had
 developed to run client applications at scale, it turned out that we'd written
 nine-tenths of what we'd need to have a standalone library.
 
-.. _example:
+.. _usage_example:
 
 Example
 =======
diff --git a/doc/source/user/usage.rst b/doc/source/user/usage.rst
index d02980c2f..a9ded70f2 100644
--- a/doc/source/user/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user/usage.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ To use shade in a project:
 
   import shade
 
-For a simple example, see :ref:`example`.
+For a simple example, see :ref:`usage_example`.
 
 .. note::
   API methods that return a description of an OpenStack resource (e.g.,