diff --git a/src/tests/directives.md b/src/tests/directives.md
index 281b3c8206bc6..72ec72f1b1526 100644
--- a/src/tests/directives.md
+++ b/src/tests/directives.md
@@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ See [Pretty-printer](compiletest.md#pretty-printer-tests).
       output pattern
 - [`should-ice`](compiletest.md#incremental-tests) — incremental cfail should
       ICE
+- [`reference`] — an annotation linking to a rule in the reference
+
+[`reference`]: https://github.com/rust-lang/reference/blob/master/docs/authoring.md#test-rule-annotations
 
 ### Tool-specific directives