diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
index 64e0c2a..75ff857 100644
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
@@ -638,7 +638,8 @@
    :meth:`unknown_open`.
 
    Note that the implementation of these methods may involve calls of the parent
-   :class:`OpenerDirector` instance's :meth:`.open` and :meth:`.error` methods.
+   :class:`OpenerDirector` instance's :meth:`~OpenerDirector.open` and
+   :meth:`~OpenerDirector.error` methods.
 
 #. Every handler with a method named like :meth:`protocol_response` has that
    method called to post-process the response.