diff --git a/docs/extensions/civix.md b/docs/extensions/civix.md
index 5a0327b9be38ca5d1586b676bd197d88e8da4579..22e969c45f869c468bde5b81424fea7d7341d9cb 100644
--- a/docs/extensions/civix.md
+++ b/docs/extensions/civix.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ community-endorsed method for building your CiviCRM extensions.
 Follow the installation instructions in the
 [GitHub repository](https://github.com/totten/civix/).
 
-In order to verify that all your configuration is correct ping CiviCRM from
+After fulfilling the [Pre-Requisites](/extensions/basics/#pre-requisites), you can verify that all your configuration is correct using ping CiviCRM from
 within your extensions directory with:
 
 ```bash