diff --git a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
index 724aa62f625..fab87bd3dbe 100644
--- a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
+++ b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
@@ -348,8 +348,6 @@ The default value is ``false``.
     across a 10Gbps link possibly unacceptably slow. So recommended hugepage
     size is 2MB.
 
-.. _dpdk-testpmd:
-
 vhost-user-client tx retries config
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -375,6 +373,8 @@ Tx retries max can be set for vhost-user-client ports::
 
   Configurable vhost tx retries are not supported with vhost-user ports.
 
+.. _dpdk-testpmd:
+
 DPDK in the Guest
 -----------------