diff --git a/pmxcfs.adoc b/pmxcfs.adoc
index d35c960..764cdf4 100644
--- a/pmxcfs.adoc
+++ b/pmxcfs.adoc
@@ -174,34 +174,9 @@ The recommended way is to reinstall the node after you removed it from
 your cluster. This makes sure that all secret cluster/ssh keys and any
 shared configuration data is destroyed.
 
-In some cases, you might prefer to put a node back to local mode
-without reinstall, which is described here:
-
-* stop the cluster file system in `/etc/pve/`
-
- # systemctl stop pve-cluster
-
-* start it again but forcing local mode
-
- # pmxcfs -l
-
-* remove the cluster configuration
-
- # rm /etc/pve/cluster.conf
- # rm /etc/cluster/cluster.conf
- # rm /var/lib/pve-cluster/corosync.authkey
-
-* stop the cluster file system again
-
- # systemctl stop pve-cluster
-
-* restart PVE services (or reboot)
-
- # systemctl start pve-cluster
- # systemctl restart pvedaemon
- # systemctl restart pveproxy
- # systemctl restart pvestatd
-
+In some cases, you might prefer to put a node back to local mode without
+reinstall, which is described in
+<<pvecm_separate_node_without_reinstall,Separate A Node Without Reinstalling>>
 
 ifdef::manvolnum[]
 include::pve-copyright.adoc[]
diff --git a/pvecm.adoc b/pvecm.adoc
index 8b3290f..99fe3a9 100644
--- a/pvecm.adoc
+++ b/pvecm.adoc
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ cluster again, you have to
 
 * then join it, as explained in the previous section.
 
+[[pvecm_separate_node_without_reinstall]]
 Separate A Node Without Reinstalling
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~