diff --git a/django/contrib/admindocs/utils.py b/django/contrib/admindocs/utils.py
index 4a45a622b2..24228541f6 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admindocs/utils.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admindocs/utils.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import re
 from email.Parser import HeaderParser
 from email.Errors import HeaderParseError
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 try:
     import docutils.core
     import docutils.nodes
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ def parse_docstring(docstring):
                 body = "\n\n".join(parts[1:])
     return title, body, metadata
 
-def parse_rst(text, default_reference_context, thing_being_parsed=None, link_base='../..'):
+def parse_rst(text, default_reference_context, thing_being_parsed=None):
     """
     Convert the string from reST to an XHTML fragment.
     """
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ def parse_rst(text, default_reference_context, thing_being_parsed=None, link_bas
         'doctitle_xform' : True,
         'inital_header_level' : 3,
         "default_reference_context" : default_reference_context,
-        "link_base" : link_base,
+        "link_base" : reverse('django-admindocs-docroot').rstrip('/')
     }
     if thing_being_parsed:
         thing_being_parsed = "<%s>" % thing_being_parsed