diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md b/docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md
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--- a/docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/dockerd.md
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ the `daemon.json` file.
 
 ### Daemon socket option
 
-The Docker daemon can listen for [Docker Engine API](../api/)
+The Docker daemon can listen for [Docker Engine API](https://docs.docker.com/engine/api/)
 requests via three different types of Socket: `unix`, `tcp`, and `fd`.
 
 By default, a `unix` domain socket (or IPC socket) is created at