diff --git a/base/docs/basedocs.jl b/base/docs/basedocs.jl
index be0ce0f216515..c1ab4857e2928 100644
--- a/base/docs/basedocs.jl
+++ b/base/docs/basedocs.jl
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ kw"new"
 """
     where
 
-The `where` keyword creates a type that is an iterated union of other types, over all
+The `where` keyword creates a [`UnionAll`](@ref) type, which may be thought of as an iterated union of other types, over all
 values of some variable. For example `Vector{T} where T<:Real` includes all [`Vector`](@ref)s
 where the element type is some kind of `Real` number.