diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index c3f10040..2c6dc76e 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ extensions = [
     'myst_parser',
 ]
 
+myst_heading_anchors = 2
 myst_enable_extensions = [
     'colon_fence',
     'deflist',
diff --git a/docs/source/reference/authenticators.md b/docs/source/reference/authenticators.md
index 61f8ecbe..0d3ac3cd 100644
--- a/docs/source/reference/authenticators.md
+++ b/docs/source/reference/authenticators.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Authenticators
 
-The [Authenticator][] is the mechanism for authorizing users to use the
+The {class}`.Authenticator` is the mechanism for authorizing users to use the
 Hub and single user notebook servers.
 
 ## The default PAM Authenticator
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ via other mechanisms. One such example is using [GitHub OAuth][].
 
 Because the username is passed from the Authenticator to the Spawner,
 a custom Authenticator and Spawner are often used together.
-For example, the Authenticator methods, [pre_spawn_start(user, spawner)][]
-and [post_spawn_stop(user, spawner)][], are hooks that can be used to do
+For example, the Authenticator methods, {meth}`.Authenticator.pre_spawn_start`
+and {meth}`.Authenticator.post_spawn_stop`, are hooks that can be used to do
 auth-related startup (e.g. opening PAM sessions) and cleanup
 (e.g. closing PAM sessions).
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ If there are multiple keys present, the **first** key is always used to persist
 
 Typically, if `auth_state` is persisted it is desirable to affect the Spawner environment in some way.
 This may mean defining environment variables, placing certificate in the user's home directory, etc.
-The `Authenticator.pre_spawn_start` method can be used to pass information from authenticator state
+The {meth}`Authenticator.pre_spawn_start` method can be used to pass information from authenticator state
 to Spawner environment:
 
 ```python
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ class MyAuthenticator(Authenticator):
         spawner.environment['UPSTREAM_TOKEN'] = auth_state['upstream_token']
 ```
 
+(authenticator-groups)=
+
 ## Authenticator-managed group membership
 
 :::{versionadded} 2.2
@@ -279,8 +281,8 @@ all group-management via the API is disabled.
 
 ## pre_spawn_start and post_spawn_stop hooks
 
-Authenticators uses two hooks, [pre_spawn_start(user, spawner)][] and
-[post_spawn_stop(user, spawner)][] to add pass additional state information
+Authenticators uses two hooks, {meth}`.Authenticator.pre_spawn_start` and
+{meth}`.Authenticator.post_spawn_stop(user, spawner)` to add pass additional state information
 between the authenticator and a spawner. These hooks are typically used auth-related
 startup, i.e. opening a PAM session, and auth-related cleanup, i.e. closing a
 PAM session.
@@ -289,10 +291,7 @@ PAM session.
 
 Beginning with version 0.8, JupyterHub is an OAuth provider.
 
-[authenticator]: https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/blob/HEAD/jupyterhub/auth.py
 [pam]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluggable_authentication_module
 [oauth]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth
 [github oauth]: https://developer.github.com/v3/oauth/
 [oauthenticator]: https://github.com/jupyterhub/oauthenticator
-[pre_spawn_start(user, spawner)]: https://jupyterhub.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/auth.html#jupyterhub.auth.Authenticator.pre_spawn_start
-[post_spawn_stop(user, spawner)]: https://jupyterhub.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/auth.html#jupyterhub.auth.Authenticator.post_spawn_stop
diff --git a/docs/source/reference/services.md b/docs/source/reference/services.md
index 611ed603..ca82249f 100644
--- a/docs/source/reference/services.md
+++ b/docs/source/reference/services.md
@@ -209,23 +209,23 @@ can be used by services. You may go beyond this reference implementation and
 create custom hub-authenticating clients and services. We describe the process
 below.
 
-The reference, or base, implementation is the [`HubAuth`][hubauth] class,
+The reference, or base, implementation is the {class}`.HubAuth` class,
 which implements the API requests to the Hub that resolve a token to a User model.
 
 There are two levels of authentication with the Hub:
 
-- [`HubAuth`][hubauth] - the most basic authentication,
+- {class}`.HubAuth` - the most basic authentication,
   for services that should only accept API requests authorized with a token.
 
-- [`HubOAuth`][huboauth] - For services that should use oauth to authenticate with the Hub.
+- {class}`.HubOAuth` - For services that should use oauth to authenticate with the Hub.
   This should be used for any service that serves pages that should be visited with a browser.
 
 To use HubAuth, you must set the `.api_token`, either programmatically when constructing the class,
 or via the `JUPYTERHUB_API_TOKEN` environment variable.
 
 Most of the logic for authentication implementation is found in the
-[`HubAuth.user_for_token`][hubauth.user_for_token]
-methods, which makes a request of the Hub, and returns:
+{meth}`.HubAuth.user_for_token` methods,
+which makes a request of the Hub, and returns:
 
 - None, if no user could be identified, or
 - a dict of the following form:
@@ -371,11 +371,6 @@ section on securing the notebook viewer.
 
 [requests]: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/
 [services_auth]: ../api/services.auth.html
-[hubauth]: ../api/services.auth.html#jupyterhub.services.auth.HubAuth
-[huboauth]: ../api/services.auth.html#jupyterhub.services.auth.HubOAuth
-[hubauth.user_for_token]: ../api/services.auth.html#jupyterhub.services.auth.HubAuth.user_for_token
-[hubauthenticated]: ../api/services.auth.html#jupyterhub.services.auth.HubAuthenticated
-[huboauthenticated]: ../api/services.auth.html#jupyterhub.services.auth.HubOAuthenticated
 [nbviewer example]: https://github.com/jupyter/nbviewer#securing-the-notebook-viewer
 [fastapi example]: https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/tree/HEAD/examples/service-fastapi
 [fastapi]: https://fastapi.tiangolo.com
diff --git a/docs/source/troubleshooting.md b/docs/source/troubleshooting.md
index 898b46c8..efca64d0 100644
--- a/docs/source/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/source/troubleshooting.md
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ where `ssl_cert` is example-chained.crt and ssl_key to your private key.
 
 Then restart JupyterHub.
 
-See also [JupyterHub SSL encryption](./getting-started/security-basics.html#ssl-encryption).
+See also {ref}`ssl-encryption`.
 
 ### Install JupyterHub without a network connection