diff --git a/doc/HACKING/GettingStarted.md b/doc/HACKING/GettingStarted.md
index 0295adc1f..0c4240463 100644
--- a/doc/HACKING/GettingStarted.md
+++ b/doc/HACKING/GettingStarted.md
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ whole Tor ecosystem.)
 
 
 If you are looking for a more bare-bones, less user-friendly information
-dump of important information, you might like reading doc/HACKING
-instead.  You should probably read it before you write your first patch.
+dump of important information, you might like reading the "torguts"
+documents linked to below. You should probably read it before you write
+your first patch.
 
 
 Required background