diff --git a/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy.cpp b/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy.cpp
index 60139dcc8a..7f1e66a2ce 100644
--- a/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy.cpp
+++ b/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
     \section1 SOCKS5
 
-    The SOCKS5 support in Qt 4 is based on \l{RFC 1928} and \l{RFC 1929}.
+    The SOCKS5 support in Qt 4 is based on \l{http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1928.txt}{RFC 1928} and \l{http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1929.txt}{RFC 1929}.
     The supported authentication methods are no authentication and
     username/password authentication.  Both IPv4 and IPv6 are
     supported. Domain names are resolved through the SOCKS5 server if