diff --git a/doc/howtos/backend.rst b/doc/howtos/backend.rst
index 90300568c8f..52c73a92b0c 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/backend.rst
+++ b/doc/howtos/backend.rst
@@ -53,11 +53,18 @@ Business objects
     Declared as Python classes, these resources are automatically persisted
     by Odoo based on their configuration
 
-Data files
-    XML or CSV files declaring metadata (views or reports), configuration
-    data (modules parameterization), demonstration data and more
+:ref:`Object views <reference/views>`
+    Definition of business objects UI display
 
-Web controllers
+:ref:`Data files <reference/data>`
+    XML or CSV files declaring the model metadata :
+
+    * :ref:`views <reference/views>` or :ref:`reports <reference/reports>`,
+    * configuration data (modules parametrization, :ref:`security rules <reference/security>`),
+    * demonstration data
+    * and more
+
+:ref:`Web controllers <reference/controllers>`
     Handle requests from web browsers
 
 Static web data
diff --git a/doc/reference/reports.rst b/doc/reference/reports.rst
index 696eabc5809..907b400162c 100644
--- a/doc/reference/reports.rst
+++ b/doc/reference/reports.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 .. highlight:: xml
 
+.. _reference/reports:
+
 ============
 QWeb Reports
 ============