diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/functions.py b/python/pyspark/sql/functions.py
index 9f8714fd8579..e089963a7fd5 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/functions.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/functions.py
@@ -1196,8 +1196,6 @@ def to_date(col, format=None):
     By default, it follows casting rules to :class:`pyspark.sql.types.DateType` if the format
     is omitted. Equivalent to ``col.cast("date")``.
 
-    .. _datetime pattern: https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-ref-datetime-pattern.html
-
     >>> df = spark.createDataFrame([('1997-02-28 10:30:00',)], ['t'])
     >>> df.select(to_date(df.t).alias('date')).collect()
     [Row(date=datetime.date(1997, 2, 28))]
@@ -1221,8 +1219,6 @@ def to_timestamp(col, format=None):
     By default, it follows casting rules to :class:`pyspark.sql.types.TimestampType` if the format
     is omitted. Equivalent to ``col.cast("timestamp")``.
 
-    .. _datetime pattern: https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-ref-datetime-pattern.html
-
     >>> df = spark.createDataFrame([('1997-02-28 10:30:00',)], ['t'])
     >>> df.select(to_timestamp(df.t).alias('dt')).collect()
     [Row(dt=datetime.datetime(1997, 2, 28, 10, 30))]
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py b/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py
index e7ecb3ba9fc7..817978498fcf 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ def json(self, path, schema=None, primitivesAsString=None, prefersDecimal=None,
         :param recursiveFileLookup: recursively scan a directory for files. Using this option
                                     disables `partition discovery`_.
 
-        .. _partition discovery: /sql-data-sources-parquet.html#partition-discovery
+        .. _partition discovery:
+          https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-data-sources-parquet.html#partition-discovery
         .. _datetime pattern: https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-ref-datetime-pattern.html
 
         >>> df1 = spark.read.json('python/test_support/sql/people.json')
@@ -490,8 +491,6 @@ def csv(self, path, schema=None, sep=None, encoding=None, quote=None, escape=Non
         :param recursiveFileLookup: recursively scan a directory for files. Using this option
                                     disables `partition discovery`_.
 
-        .. _datetime pattern: https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-ref-datetime-pattern.html
-
         >>> df = spark.read.csv('python/test_support/sql/ages.csv')
         >>> df.dtypes
         [('_c0', 'string'), ('_c1', 'string')]
@@ -865,8 +864,6 @@ def json(self, path, mode=None, compression=None, dateFormat=None, timestampForm
         :param ignoreNullFields: Whether to ignore null fields when generating JSON objects.
                         If None is set, it uses the default value, ``true``.
 
-        .. _datetime pattern: https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-ref-datetime-pattern.html
-
         >>> df.write.json(os.path.join(tempfile.mkdtemp(), 'data'))
         """
         self.mode(mode)
@@ -981,8 +978,6 @@ def csv(self, path, mode=None, compression=None, sep=None, quote=None, escape=No
         :param lineSep: defines the line separator that should be used for writing. If None is
                         set, it uses the default value, ``\\n``. Maximum length is 1 character.
 
-        .. _datetime pattern: https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-ref-datetime-pattern.html
-
         >>> df.write.csv(os.path.join(tempfile.mkdtemp(), 'data'))
         """
         self.mode(mode)
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/streaming.py b/python/pyspark/sql/streaming.py
index a83167882a8d..a5e86466579c 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/streaming.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/streaming.py
@@ -489,7 +489,8 @@ def json(self, path, schema=None, primitivesAsString=None, prefersDecimal=None,
         :param recursiveFileLookup: recursively scan a directory for files. Using this option
                                     disables `partition discovery`_.
 
-        .. _partition discovery: /sql-data-sources-parquet.html#partition-discovery
+        .. _partition discovery:
+          https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-data-sources-parquet.html#partition-discovery
         .. _datetime pattern: https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-ref-datetime-pattern.html
 
         >>> json_sdf = spark.readStream.json(tempfile.mkdtemp(), schema = sdf_schema)
@@ -725,8 +726,6 @@ def csv(self, path, schema=None, sep=None, encoding=None, quote=None, escape=Non
         :param recursiveFileLookup: recursively scan a directory for files. Using this option
                                     disables `partition discovery`_.
 
-        .. _datetime pattern: https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-ref-datetime-pattern.html
-
         >>> csv_sdf = spark.readStream.csv(tempfile.mkdtemp(), schema = sdf_schema)
         >>> csv_sdf.isStreaming
         True