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@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Use the `config-file` parameter of the `init` action to enable the configuration
     config-file: ./.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml
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-The configuration file must be located within the local repository. For information on how to write a configuration file, see "[Using a custom configuration](https://help.github.com/en/github/finding-security-vulnerabilities-and-errors-in-your-code/configuring-code-scanning#using-a-custom-configuration)."
+The configuration file must be located within the local repository. For information on how to write a configuration file, see "[Using a custom configuration file](https://help.github.com/en/github/finding-security-vulnerabilities-and-errors-in-your-code/configuring-code-scanning#using-a-custom-configuration-file)."
 
 If you only want to customise the queries used, you can specify them in your workflow instead of creating a config file, using the `queries` property of the `init` action: