[1.7.x] Fixed #17638 -- Added crosslinks between topic and reference guides.

Thanks oinopion for the suggestion and jarus for the initial patch.

Backport of 054bdfeff1 from master

7 files changed, 19 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/index.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/index.txt
index 7962a81cbb..1a7682f731 100644
--- a/docs/ref/class-based-views/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/class-based-views/index.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Built-in Class-based views API
 ==============================
 
-Class-based views API reference. For introductory material, see
-:doc:`/topics/class-based-views/index`.
+Class-based views API reference. For introductory material, see the
+:doc:`/topics/class-based-views/index` topic guide.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 3
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/formsets.txt b/docs/ref/forms/formsets.txt
index 342375b4ee..5b12732066 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/formsets.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/formsets.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-====================
+=================
 Formset Functions
-====================
+=================
+
+Formset API reference. For introductory material about formsets, see the
+:doc:`/topics/forms/formsets` topic guide.
 
 .. module:: django.forms.formsets
    :synopsis: Django's functions for building formsets.
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/index.txt b/docs/ref/forms/index.txt
index e6edc88ca1..618c705b92 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/index.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 Forms
 =====
 
-Detailed form API reference. For introductory material, see :doc:`/topics/forms/index`.
+Detailed form API reference. For introductory material, see the
+:doc:`/topics/forms/index` topic guide.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/models.txt b/docs/ref/forms/models.txt
index 688b800a40..32d6c3f993 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/models.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/models.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 Model Form Functions
 ====================
 
+Model Form API reference. For introductory material about model forms, see the
+:doc:`/topics/forms/modelforms` topic guide.
+
 .. module:: django.forms.models
    :synopsis: Django's functions for building model forms and formsets.
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/migration-operations.txt b/docs/ref/migration-operations.txt
index dc769dca69..e377a251f4 100644
--- a/docs/ref/migration-operations.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/migration-operations.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ output incorrect code.
 All of the core Django operations are available from the
 ``django.db.migrations.operations`` module.
 
+For introductory material, see the :doc:`migrations topic guide
+</topics/migrations>`.
+
 Schema Operations
 =================
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index 7e434fc6c7..8154ffd0d9 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ Core settings
 
 Here's a list of settings available in Django core and their default values.
 Settings provided by contrib apps are listed below, followed by a topical index
-of the core settings.
+of the core settings. For introductory material, see the :doc:`settings topic
+guide </topics/settings>`.
 
 .. setting:: ABSOLUTE_URL_OVERRIDES
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/index.txt b/docs/ref/templates/index.txt
index 0aa4798a94..0e70b7326f 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/index.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Templates
 Django's template engine provides a powerful mini-language for defining the
 user-facing layer of your application, encouraging a clean separation of
 application and presentation logic. Templates can be maintained by anyone with
-an understanding of HTML; no knowledge of Python is required.
+an understanding of HTML; no knowledge of Python is required. For introductory
+material, see :doc:`/topics/templates` topic guide.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2