diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index 4985a1d867e..e0558f426dc 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 Initialization, Finalization, and Threads
 *****************************************
 
+See also :ref:`Python Initialization Configuration <init-config>`.
+
 .. _pre-init-safe:
 
 Before Python Initialization
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst b/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst
index 5fd836d77b8..72bd8c37b43 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ The preconfiguration (``PyPreConfig`` type) is stored in
 ``_PyRuntime.preconfig`` and the configuration (``PyConfig`` type) is stored in
 ``PyInterpreterState.config``.
 
+See also :ref:`Initialization, Finalization, and Threads <initialization>`.
+
 .. seealso::
    :pep:`587` "Python Initialization Configuration".