diff --git a/doc/source/_vendor/vendor_strings.txt b/doc/source/_vendor/vendor_strings.txt
index c464ee992..bb177e7fc 100755
--- a/doc/source/_vendor/vendor_strings.txt
+++ b/doc/source/_vendor/vendor_strings.txt
@@ -93,3 +93,9 @@
 .. |registry-url| replace:: https://hub.docker.com/layers
 
 .. |only-target| replace:: StarlingX
+
+
+.. Used in installing-a-subcloud-without-redfish-platform-management-service.rst
+   because target lable differs here/partner contexts.
+
+.. |_link-inst-book| replace:: :ref:`Installation guide <index-install-e083ca818006>`
diff --git a/doc/source/dist_cloud/kubernetes/installing-a-subcloud-without-redfish-platform-management-service.rst b/doc/source/dist_cloud/kubernetes/installing-a-subcloud-without-redfish-platform-management-service.rst
index 030bb7e95..393116b7f 100644
--- a/doc/source/dist_cloud/kubernetes/installing-a-subcloud-without-redfish-platform-management-service.rst
+++ b/doc/source/dist_cloud/kubernetes/installing-a-subcloud-without-redfish-platform-management-service.rst
@@ -301,8 +301,7 @@ subcloud, the subcloud installation process has two phases:
 
 -   Provision the newly installed and bootstrapped subcloud.  For detailed
     |prod| deployment procedures for the desired deployment configuration of
-    the subcloud, see the post-bootstrap steps of :ref:`Installation Guides
-    <index-install-e083ca818006>`.
+    the subcloud, see the post-bootstrap steps of the |_link-inst-book|.
 
 -   Check and update docker registry credentials on the subcloud: