diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
index 2c3a82334f..5e85f26928 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ function post_password_meta_box($post) {
 function post_excerpt_meta_box($post) {
 ?>
 <label class="invisible" for="excerpt"><?php _e('Excerpt') ?></label><textarea rows="1" cols="40" name="excerpt" tabindex="6" id="excerpt"><?php echo $post->post_excerpt ?></textarea>
-<p><?php _e('Excerpts are optional hand-crafted summaries of your content. You can <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt" target="_blank">use them in your template</a>'); ?></p>
+<p><?php _e('Excerpts are optional hand-crafted summaries of your content that can be used in your theme. <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Excerpt" target="_blank">Learn more about manual excerpts.</a>'); ?></p>
 <?php
 }
 add_meta_box('postexcerpt', __('Excerpt'), 'post_excerpt_meta_box', 'post', 'normal', 'core');